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When rejections and almost-but-not-quites have you questioning your writing, read this. https://buff.ly/3PzkRJz

This introvert just hosted a 90 minute training with 659 sign ups and several confidence-shaking tech glitches. My team handled it like pros. All turned out well and I recovered. Now I eat a greasy cheeseburger and sleep till tomorrow 🙃

There are times in life when a creative nonfiction writer’s story writes itself. This fall, in grief + change, I wore gold snake earrings. One day a new friend asked me what I wanted. I felt a shift, an opening. Touched my earlobe as I answered. I’d lost the back of my earring. Snake season over.

I don’t know when I will sew the slip of my femme dreams. All I know is bingeing Mad Men over Christmas reminded me about my neglected vintage sewing stash + this pattern is going to keep migrating around my living room lest I forget about it for another hundred years. #adhd #pilingsystems

Celebrating my first CNF submission of the year! An essay sprinkled with emojis called “Millennial Heart Hands”.