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Content writer by day, kidlit writer by night. Mom, Michigander, lover of flowers + sweets. If I had more time, I'd make more art. Represented by @DanielleBurby

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@Ebonyteach Sounds amazing! Congratulations!

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@maryaverling @KSonnack Amazing!! Congratulations!!

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@Cristin_writes Adorable!

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@Ebonyteach This is great! The current student are so lucky. I would've loved to have had you when I was doing my MFA there.

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@arleysorg Congrats!!

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Happy #PortfolioDay

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@ColourPopCo 🎄

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@LVanBrakle @kperezagent @zenoagency @mcouchhh @HolidayHouseBks @HighlightsFound CONGRATS! 🎉🎉🎉

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@amandaghelms This sounds great! Good luck today.

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Really loved this thread, which was shared in a writing group I'm in. And perfect timing as I've just decided to take a hiatus from writing.

So much of this resonates.

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It's late but I just talked to my sister, an actor & musician who is studying therapy with an emphasis on creative practice and mental health. I want to share a few points we that came up that were interesting to me.

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Copyeditor for the college yearbook, gas station clerk, waitress at a Chinese restaurant, sandwich maker, bakery clerk, costume shop assistant, and one summer I worked the line in a factory.

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Since this is the topic of discussion … What were your jobs in college?

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My Pygmalion retelling WIP is for queer kids who love magic and making art, but especially for fat girls who don't hate their bodies, despite the most important people in their lives telling them they should.

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Who did you write your WIP for, except make the "who" hyper-specific?

desert WIP is for queer kids who love their grandma, collect rocks, and loathe the small town they grew up in (yet can't ever seem to leave behind)

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@HillaryMonahan I've subscribed to Curvy Yoga Studio off and on through the years and really like the platform, teachers, and approach.

I haven't done their yoga classes, but have enjoyed other classes through Joyn.

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@cathwritess 🥰

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@cathwritess Yay! Glad you like it. 😊

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My delayed but not forgotten aesthetic for @cathwritess!

I'm so excited to be mentoring Catherine on her YA contemporary, which tells a very important story about mental health, while somehow perfectly straddling the line between cute and sad.

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@opheliawlangley @TheNicoleNeuman If you like fantasy, I highly recommend The Harwood Spellbook series by @stephanieburgis

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@JEngelMattern I say that all the time, adoption is loss.

I gained a daughter, but she lost her first family. They lost her. We're lucky that they're still in her life and I hope that will help because she'll have a better sense of who/where she comes from, but it's still a loss.

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Adoption keeps being used as a cudgel by both sides.

"Just give babies up for adoption!"
"Hope you're ready to foster and adopt!"

I beg you to stop using it as rhetoric. Listen to adoptees about the trauma and pain of adoption.