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  • He beat me black and blue with his words. Hundreds of texts. The endless threats, the extreme mood swings and drinking, hacking into my e-mail and contacting my family...
  • Deborah, a heart wrencher of a topic—I love how Nancy Rappaport (below) put it: It is “an evoloving journey of protection, privacy and our need to write about what we...
  • I was raped by my husband. I figured if a wife claimed she was raped by her husband, she would just be blamed for "holding out" and not doing her duty, even though the...
  • @Karen - there's no safe protection in traditional publishers. Their books are even arguably targeted more because they are a higher profile target. The Harry Potter s...
  • I feel ya, but it's important to remember that what we do as writers demands a big investment of time, energy, and emotion from our audience. Wouldn't it be nice if we...
  • Dear Courtney, I thank you so much for sharing this insight because you have re-framed my habitual silence for me. My hesitation at speaking has always been interprete...
  • I agree that their stories are your stories too...sometimes. If it's a story that you didn't live but was told to you--something that happened at school, with their fr...
  • This is beautiful.  Forgiveness is an important value for me and one I struggle with daily.  I think striving to forgive is important for interpersonal growth.  I also...
  • Betsy, your post has me questioning my resistance. I cringe at what some of my friends post, too. The content and the prose. Then all I have to do is read something th...
  • Thank you for the continued comments on the article. While it was my intention to bring the subject of ebook piracy to the attention of the group, I certainly don't wi...