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Love Always. It’s 1988, the year you graduate high school, the summer your best friend (of all time) turns 16, the months when you’re supposed to ride the Texas highways together to the mall, the movies, the parking lot parties, the two of you in your little white hatchback with the windows down and George Michael pouring from the radio. …
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“I don’t know how it is for everyone else, but for me, it can’t be about the money, at least not entirely. I want to look back on my life and know that I did something worthwhile.” ~ Jennifer Niesslein, “The Price of Writing” The work we do as writers isn’t always about the making …
It all began with a podium and a microphone (drawing to the right courtesy of my daughter)–an empty space charged with nothing less than excitement, nerves, and tiny prayers. The same kind of energy from which each new story begins if you’re a writer. This time, though, the stories were already written and anthologized and ready to be shared. …