Author of Everything Here is Beautiful, a cross-cultural family drama about the bonds of sisterhood & the ripple effects of mental illness #diversebooks
Cambridge, MA
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For the past few years I've offered a free 5-page website to a DEBUT author who doesn't yet have one, just because. I'd like to do that again this year - please share w/any debut groups, appreciate it! @2023Debuts @2024Debuts miratcreative.com
Painful to read because every bit rings true. Policy makers rarely acknowledge how untreated brain illnesses affect not only the ill person, but also all those around them - including children, who suffer irreparable damage/trauma from having to live with a psychotic parent.
“If my sister had cancer, or Parkinson’s or diabetes, she could get treatment. But because she is mentally ill, she is trapped in a reality distortion field from which she cannot escape without the medication she perversely refuses.” — Hilary de Vries nyti.ms/3CwydjX
Designing this website for @B_Yee09 reminded me of how much I love working with debut authors. Now offering one FREE 5-page custom-designed website to a debut author who doesn't yet have a site. Just because. Portfolio: miratcreative.com. @22Debuts @2022Debuts @2023Debuts
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NOVEL #2!!! All the #amwriting holed up in a tiny broom closet (literally!) was worth it, bc I now get to work with the unbelievable @DavidEbershoff! What a huge honor to be his first acquisition for Hogarth @randomhouse. 🎉🥂🍾🙏📚
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Well, 2020 was not a great writing year for me, but I did get to help many wonderful authors launch their websites - which makes me happy. Visit miratcreative.com to see @DianeZinna @RitaWoodsAuthor @KosokoJackson @juliecardalt @TraceyEnerson @anjalienjeti's sites, + more!
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Well, it’s started.
Instead of being asked about how we improve our #COVID19 response in the coming months, doctors are being asked to comment on why people shouldn’t drink things like bleach or isopropyl alcohol.
This has to stop.
This is the problem.
This has to stop.
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Namaste, here is your unroll: @kurteichenwald: Let's talk about the real-world of how "easy" it is to get tested and how "everyone who wants one can… threadreaderapp.com/thread/1… Talk to you soon. 🤖
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Let's talk about the real-world of how "easy" it is to get tested and how "everyone who wants one can get one" and you will understand my anger at the Trump Administration.
My brother-in-law exhibited symptoms of COVID for 10 days. Over one week, he saw MDs five times. Each.../1
By my sis-in-law, @lisaxmiller, a beautiful profile of an ER doc at Elmhurst Hospital, Queens. nymag.com/intelligencer/2020…
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So what's really going on here in NYC?
You're hearing conflicting information on who is tested, who is admitted, who goes home, and what's going on inside hospitals.
Let me shed some light. NYC ER docs are a small and collaborative community, so let me share the scoop:
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"But medical workers are not self-identifying as heroes. Many, like my husband, feel like lambs being sent to slaughter." Thank you, @anna_wexler, for saying out loud what's really going through the minds of so many physician families. bostonglobe.com/2020/04/10/o…
Cambridge folks, halfway there! We can support LOCAL restaurants AND feed healthcare workers at Mount Auburn Hospital and Cambridge Health Alliance. Please donate, it's an easy way to support our community. #feedourfrontline gofundme.com/f/feed-our-fron…
Cambridge friends, please support our local restaurants AND feed our frontline healthcare workers! gofundme.com/f/feed-our-fron…
OMG, THANK YOU to @zennioptical, who have been procuring PPE for hospitals all around the country. Last week I filled out an online form, not thinking it would amount to anything. Today this came! It will be donated to @MountAuburnHosp. ❤️
This in Boston. No hazard pay for healthcare workers. motherjones.com/politics/202…
