SoCal born & bred writer, finishing a memoir of music & family. School librarian. Essays in @Brevity, @undergumtree, @QuarterlyWest, etc. She/her
Southern California
Joined March 2016
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@QuarterlyWest has been publishing for several decades; I remember reading Rick Bass for the 1st time in its pages. So I'm super happy my essay about class, cars, place (OC & Huntington Bch), & my fraught family found a home in its special Vanitas feature:
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My 19 y.o. son and I Completed the Assignment in Temecula. Loved hearing the workers applauding my first time voter! 💙💙
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My posts are being. throttled. Followers ground to a halt. Unable to tweet links to 280+ characters. Patreon account suspended without warning. All within 10 days of the election. They didn’t stop us in 2020 and they’re not stopping us now. Let’s win this thing. #HarrisWalz2024
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Time once again for our occasional series "Women with great hair fleeing gothic houses!"
And today I count down my Top 10 of most gothic goths a' fleeing...
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I support Kamala because she has amazing music tastes and her step-kids are named after Coltrane
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The 2025 March Second Chanceness nomination form is now open. Songs/essays that lost in the first round of a previous tournament are eligible. We welcome nominations incl. self nominations, for the August lottery: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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The summer issue of Writers Resist awaits you.
#WritersResist
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There are two types of people in this world.
Everybody else and Tom Jones.
Happy 84th birthday to this legend.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Important thread on issues that I've seen play out both in my family & school libraries:
I’ve just finished reading @JonHaidt’s bestselling new book THE ANXIOUS GENERATION.
I think it may be the most important nonfiction book of the decade, and today I want to tell you why. 🧵
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Those FB followers of @thesaramarchant, one of our founding Writers Resist editors, have come to love and laugh with Sara's mother and her wonderful, ribald humor. Join the fun in Sara's new planner, "Essential Planner for My Mother's Huge Cult Following."
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Reposting this very good advice on finding current comps.
Happy Mother's Day, esp if this is a relatable sentence. ❤
And I need you more than want you. And I want you for all time. 💥
One of the most complete versions of the Wichita Lineman story that we've seen.
#wichitalineman #glencampbell
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Day's off to a great start; nothing makes me laugh like Brak voice.
I whispered…carelessly.
youtu.be/z_YCg_udIAQ?si=5KST…
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WRITER Q: I’m trying to help a student find examples of personal writing that recreates a scene from family history where author was not present. What favorites come to mind?!
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No Doubt's discography saw a whopping 85% rise week on week (Sunday and Monday) after their Coachella performance...by far the highest of any Coachella act, and one of the highest ever for the festival.
Bathwater saw a 450% increase week on week 🤯
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Big @marchxness moment last night; No Doubt opened their Coachella set with Hella Good. By all accounts they rocked the crowd & Gwen was climbing the risers. Glad to see the love they're getting on social media this morning.
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Read to your kids. Teach them that reading is for pleasure, not to pass a test. Let them read what they love. Let them see you reading books with joy and enthusiasm. That’s how you get a child to fall in love with reading. That’s how you make a lifelong reader.
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