My Daughter Is Being Bullied at School and I Contacted the Vice Principal. Now She Is Upset with Me
I have told both my children that my number one job is to keep them safe. I include physical safety. When they were young, I taught them...
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kimberlycarlsonaesara
- Mar 6
- 4 min
Writing Is a Superpower that Can Change People
The stories writers create influence readers, but writers must be wary of their created kryptonite. Essays, stories, and books can change...
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kimberlycarlsonaesara
- Feb 15
- 4 min
Born Novelist of Crafted Creator
Illumination of self through Dave Matthews Band’s song “Dancing Nancies” Are you born destined to live out your life on a set path, or do...
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kimberlycarlsonaesara
- Jan 18
- 4 min
How Motherhood and Writing Coalesce
How to hold both identities close Maybe you decided to be a writer before or after becoming a mother. Either way, you learned that...
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kimberlycarlsonaesara
- Jan 16
- 1 min
Rain, Writer, and Floods
“You pray for rain, you got to deal with the mud too. That’s a part of it,” Denzel Washington It has been raining for days here in...
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kimberlycarlsonaesara
- Nov 8, 2022
- 4 min
Tory Burch Sandals Are Worth the Price
The WRite Life: What does it mean to wear a pair of Tory Burch? My 13-year-old daughter, Anika and I were shopping at a discount clothing...
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kimberlycarlsonaesara
- Oct 7, 2022
- 2 min
Can You Write and Publish the Same Day?
The WRite Life: Yes, I say you can I tend to be slow. I write slowly and I rewrite even more slowly. Sometimes I become frustrated with...
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kimberlycarlsonaesara
- Aug 12, 2022
- 2 min
Olivia Newton John Is Forever with Me
The Write Life: Writing a letter to ONJ. When I was eight years old, I wrote a letter to Olivia Newton John. On brown, thin, lined school...
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kimberlycarlsonaesara
- Jul 31, 2022
- 2 min
Summertime and the Writing Is Challenging
The WRite Life: Balancing summer fun, children out of school, and writing goals. My daughter, Anika has been out of school for three...
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kimberlycarlsonaesara
- Jul 6, 2022
- 4 min
The Hawaiian Lady Selling Leis
The WRite Life: More than a summer vacation. I passed by a Hawaiian woman selling leis on a sea rock wall by the road while walking to...
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kimberlycarlsonaesara
- Jun 5, 2022
- 3 min
I Can’t Write. I Am Not Good Enough
The WRite Life: How to build the confidence to write. Having the confidence to sit yourself down in a chair and write sometimes feels too...
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kimberlycarlsonaesara
- May 1, 2022
- 2 min
Creating Time to Write Your Book
The Write Life When I was young, I dreamed of being a writer. I loved the idea of creating stories. Stories about strong, interesting,...
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kimberlycarlsonaesara
- Apr 18, 2022
- 3 min
Four Ideas to Create a Space of Your Own to Write
The WRite Life, A Life of Conscious Purpose full of Joy, Tears, Laughter, and Stories Creating space to write, or work on your art is...
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kimberlycarlsonaesara
- Mar 28, 2022
- 2 min
Are Dragons Her Biggest Fear?
The WRite Life, A Life of Conscious Purpose full of Joy, Tears, Laughter, and Stories My nine-year-old daughter, Anika was assigned to...
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kimberlycarlsonaesara
- Feb 19, 2022
- 2 min
To Write, to Love
The WRite Life I believed that 2022 was going to be MY year, my birthday being 02/02/2022. Not that I spend much time on numbers, or that...
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kimberlycarlsonaesara
- Jan 24, 2022
- 4 min
Mothers as Foils(In Writing and in Life)
The WRite Life My character, Julie in my manuscript SELF PORTRAIT, as well as her mother Roberta are as real to me as many people in my...
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kimberlycarlsonaesara
- Dec 28, 2021
- 4 min
Poetry Flashback, "Traveling through the Dark"
The WRite Life Yesterday was difficult. When I say this my mind seeks to place my feelings in perspective. Nothing tragic happened. The...
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kimberlycarlsonaesara
- Dec 8, 2021
- 2 min
Snow as Reflection
#theWRiteLife #anartistslife #writer #snow #snowpoet I am happiest when it snows. I am forced in, then inward. Once inward, I don’t just...
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kimberlycarlsonaesara
- Nov 7, 2021
- 4 min
The Military Coup in Sudan: The WRite Life
On Saturday October 30th, 2021 , I was awakened past midnight. My iPhone’s WhatsApp was dinging with messages. My heart fell with...
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kimberlycarlsonaesara
- Oct 22, 2021
- 2 min
I Am Going to Be a Tree Climber When I Grow Up: The WRite Life
I have never been a tree climber. My daughter, Anika whom I often find high above the ground is awe inspiring to me. She is seven and her...
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