Writer | Editor | @BardCollege & @ArizonaMFA Alum | Writing in @ElectricLit @GuernicaMag @LitHub @Southern_Review & Best American Nonrequired Reading
Rochester, NY
Joined June 2010
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I wrote an essay about professional jealousy and disappointment, and the good people at @ElectricLit published it. Many thanks to @TheDenneMichele for championing this essay, and to @tkiramadden and @cpamzhang for allowing me to share this story. electricliterature.com/we-ne…
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Three years ago, grief broke my brain. To heal it, I wrote a bad book. Many thanks to @ElectricLit for publishing this essay about that experience. electricliterature.com/we-ne…
Any day is a good day when Julia Cameron shares your essay with the world. #theartistsway
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We Need to Talk About Bad Writing - Electric Literature electricliterature.com/we-ne…
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What a beautiful essay from our former fiction editor @thebenschaefer -- read it and weep. ❤️
ps Benjamin, you couldn't write a bad book if you tried. We consulted with beloved Aurelie and she agrees.
Three years ago, grief broke my brain. To heal it, I wrote a bad book. Many thanks to @ElectricLit for publishing this essay about that experience. electricliterature.com/we-ne…
Three years ago, grief broke my brain. To heal it, I wrote a bad book. Many thanks to @ElectricLit for publishing this essay about that experience. electricliterature.com/we-ne…
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For @ElectricLit, I wrote about rest, value-aligned living, and fear. In many ways, this feels like the most important (and vulnerable) essay I’ve written. If you have a moment to read and share, I would be incredibly grateful. electricliterature.com/lets-…
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Featuring much wisdom by @HarrietLerner, @BreneBrown, @Catherine_Price, Emily and Amelia Nagoski, and @TheNapMinistry.
For @ElectricLit, I wrote about rest, value-aligned living, and fear. In many ways, this feels like the most important (and vulnerable) essay I’ve written. If you have a moment to read and share, I would be incredibly grateful. electricliterature.com/lets-…
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"I also had to learn to practice intentional rest because rest supports my ability to invest in the life I want to live: a life that is aligned with my values.
What I might call a life of integrity."
For @ElectricLit, I wrote about rest, value-aligned living, and fear. In many ways, this feels like the most important (and vulnerable) essay I’ve written. If you have a moment to read and share, I would be incredibly grateful. electricliterature.com/lets-…
Featuring much wisdom by @HarrietLerner, @BreneBrown, @Catherine_Price, Emily and Amelia Nagoski, and @TheNapMinistry.
For @ElectricLit, I wrote about rest, value-aligned living, and fear. In many ways, this feels like the most important (and vulnerable) essay I’ve written. If you have a moment to read and share, I would be incredibly grateful. electricliterature.com/lets-…
For @ElectricLit, I wrote about rest, value-aligned living, and fear. In many ways, this feels like the most important (and vulnerable) essay I’ve written. If you have a moment to read and share, I would be incredibly grateful. electricliterature.com/lets-…
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When rejections and almost-but-not-quites have you questioning your writing, read this. buff.ly/3PzkRJz
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On rejection, and how to keep writing through it buff.ly/3PzkRJz
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For @ElectricLit, I wrote about rejection, alcoholism, and how I learned I can never get enough of something I do not need.
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This is a really good, challenging, yet encouraging essay on balancing the "creative mindset" and the "business mindset" when it comes to writing and publishing. Definitely worth the read!
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This beautiful @ElectricLit essay by my friend (and extraordinary writer and editor) Benjamin Schaefer found me at the perfect time. Writers, you must read it! In comments.
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On the benefit of spending more time in the creative mindset of writing, and less time in the business mindset buff.ly/3PzkRJz
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In an Electric Literature essay @thebenschaefer writes on rejection, acceptance ("the familiar rush of external gratification and validation."), and what we can do to stay mentally healthy as writers. We think Schaefer's essay is well worth your time.
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For @ElectricLit, I wrote about rejection, alcoholism, and how I learned I can never get enough of something I do not need.
electricliterature.com/all-o…
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Rejection is something every writer faces. But how do you press on when those rejections begin to feel overwhelming? Benjamin Schaefer (@thebenschaefer) has advice we all need to hear from time to time.
buff.ly/3PzkRJz
What a sweet pre-Halloween treat to see @ZMSalih1982's story "The Death of Alexander the Great" from The Rainbow Issue of @fairytalereview recognized in the back of this year's Best American Mystery and Suspense.
