Long ago . . .

. . . when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft. Today it’s called golf. The memoir I’m writing about my father’s last year is

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Meditation

So just what the heck does meditation have to do with writing anyway? I get this question a lot. There’s many answers, but here’s just one for today. Meditation slows

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The Enneagram Builds Character(s)

I’m feverishly working on a “short paper” for my first semester in Goddard’s MFA program. Since personality typing systems have intrigued me for years, I decided to focus on using

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What She Said

Many of the comments my Goddard MFA advisor, Aimee Liu, made on my manuscript (working title: Memorial) apply to any piece of writing. I thought I’d share them with you:

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Truth

truth n. , pl. truths. Conformity to fact or actuality. A statement proven to be or accepted as true. In the current controversy over whether memoir should be “true,” Mary

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