Mary Breaden

Oregonian. ✍️& 🚲. Quite contrary. Editor @visitantlit. Marketing & comms. Writing: @adroitjournal @BennReview @joylandfiction @vol1brooklyn. 🌩️

[Mary Breaden @MaryBreaden]

LAUNCH, short fiction of mine written throughout the many dark moments at the end of the Trump administration, published by @adroitjournal. https://t.co/33jFLIdebQ

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@adroitjournal @maggiesmithpoet @kb_pfotenhauer @kalivynmx @emilylawsonpoet @marianneLchan @UrvashiBahuguna @yuximerollin @majda72 @sophieklahr @MonicaYoun @TaliaKolluri @covo_noa Thrilled to be included with this group of writers and artists in this beautiful issue! ❤️

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Issue 43 is now LIVE. Read brilliant new works from @maggiesmithpoet, @kb_pfotenhauer, @kalivynmx, @emilylawsonpoet, @marianneLchan, @UrvashiBahuguna, @yuximerollin, @majda72, @sophieklahr, @MonicaYoun, @TaliaKolluri, @MaryBreaden, @covo_noa, and more! https://t.co/Pgseixe1LQ

[Mary Breaden @MaryBreaden]

Bonjour! One of my stories is coming out soon (today maybe?) in a journal I'm enjoying saying with an obnoxious French accent. I'll link to the story once c'est vivant!

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@lehudgins Here for The Minerva content.

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Been so long since I got on anything but IG and I feel like my dad on social media. How is everyone and what are they doing?

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@RuthNineke Finally back on this Twitter beast!

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I edited a pre-pandemic story today and um it is now a lot darker.

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“Carry me through the dark if it helps. Here, take this story and watch it burn.” Yesssss 🔥 🔥 🔥 @melissafebos #Girlhood

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It’s the little things in life like watching people’s reactions when I give em my hotmail address

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This is one of those days where I want to Google "how do I do this" because this post-vaccine life is newness combined with every day's already newnesses.

[Random House Group @randomhouse]

The CDC says fully vaccinated people can still cancel plans to stay home and read.

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In this first year of parenting, I've started to learn how to balance this instinct to over-prepare with an understanding that anything might happen. And whatever does, we can handle.

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We are almost to the ONE YEAR BIRTHDAY for the baby-soon-to-be-toddler. We have learned so much from her, but what I have most tried to learn/unlearn is to let go when things don't go exactly as I have planned.

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I have only realized recently that the planning that I do is also a way to control for situations that I worry I won't be able to handle well or at all. And then there is the fear of being labeled as inadequate.

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@NoSarahOnlyZuul Will casually stroll for treats.

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Sleep is an incredible thing. Since I started sleeping again (like 6 hours a night at least!!!!) my mood has been generally more relaxed and yet I have more energy. Sleep, man. SLEEP.

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Our feisty baby took her first steps today, on May Day, a fitting day to declare her independence and tiny ferocity.

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@KaitGetsLit Pro tip: don’t let your fever delirium stop you from taking a painkiller to make yourself more comfortable. For some reason, in the middle of the night I thought that I needed to experience the vaccine fever in order to reap its benefits.

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The second Pfizer shot is certainly taking its pound of flesh, or really my body’s weight in night sweats.