Writing Is Easier than Waiting Tables
A New York Times best-selling author Jenna Blum interviewed Ann Patchett for A Mighty Blaze. Ann Patchett’s new novel, Tom Lake is a New...
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Aug 31, 20233 min
How a Writing Community Will Keep You Connected and Committed to Your Stories
Most writers I know tend to be introverts — people who gain energy and rest from time spent alone. Writers are people whose job is to...
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kimberlycarlsonaesara
Jul 31, 20235 min
She Wrote How Lonely It Is to Love and Slept Outside a Best-Selling Author’s Door
As if it were me, I can still recall the protagonist Mick Kelly sitting in the bushes in a rich neighborhood listening to Beethoven for...
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kimberlycarlsonaesara
May 31, 20234 min
A Writer’s Success Requires More than Manifesting and Dreaming
Do you dream your articles and books were read by thousands, even millions? Do you wish you felt secure enough to lose your “day job” and...
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kimberlycarlsonaesara
Apr 30, 20233 min
Spin Your Writer’s Jealousy Into Motivation: Advice I give my teenager is good for me too.
Have you ever seen a book receive a publishing deal or great reviews and wondered why that writer and not you? Or do you question how...
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kimberlycarlsonaesara
Mar 22, 20236 min
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, 20234 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, 20234 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, 20234 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, 20231 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, 20224 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, 20222 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, 20222 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, 20222 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, 20224 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, 20223 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, 20222 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, 20223 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, 20222 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, 20222 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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