Monthly Archives: August 2014

Permission to Write

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Christi

It’s been proven time and again that I write best while sitting in a coffee shop. Give me an hour–at a table in front of a window, the sounds of traffic nearby as cars cruise along the main drag, a … Continue reading →

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Changing Focus from Why I Can’t to Why I Can

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Christi

I’m back working at the regular day job as of Tuesday, and I should have taken a picture of how my last day of summer vacation began: a pile of laundry the size of Texas; a to-do list dressed up with a … Continue reading →

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Telling the Truth in Memoir

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Christi

* Playing off of last week’s post, here’s a reprint of an article I originally wrote for Write It Sideways. “Memoir is not an act of history but an act of memory, which is innately corrupt.” ~Mary Karr, author of The Liars’ … Continue reading →

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