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New Years
- It's time for New Year's goal setting.
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The Other Side of the Fence
- I write this blog entry as one who at least currently lives on the other side of the fence: I am a published author who derives her whole income as such.
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A writer's empty nest
- For the last week or so, I've been in an odd mood and I couldn't figure out what was the matter.
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"As Close as Breathing"--Keep the Writing Alive
"As Close as Breathing" is the title of a prayer in the Reform Jewish liturgy. It refers to God's presence.
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English and Writing Have Little to Do with Each Other
Write out of love, write out of instinct, write out of reason. But always for money.
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Sometimes I Feel Like a Housewife
- like today, when I'm at home at 10:00 a.m., chatting it up with the dishwasher repairman, who moved here from the Ukraine twenty years ago and, God love him, keeps dropping the kind of hints for which
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Opening and Closing
"Your hand opens and closes and opens and closes. If it were always a fist or always stretched open, you would be paralyzed.
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The Price That Must Be Paid
I've been pounding away at keyboards for more than half my life now and the damage is starting to accumulate.
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