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What my garden is teaching about life and writing
You will have to go back to fix some shit. This does not mean you have failed. It just means you have to go back and fix some shit. (Isn’t this the…
Vanessa Mártir
Jul 26
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What I talk about when I talk about writing
Writing fiction and writing about my life are entirely different processes for me. Here's why.
Vanessa Mártir
Jul 12
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What do you do when you're a bundle of emotion?
Make it into your superpower
Vanessa Mártir
Jul 7
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What the earth is teaching me
& how I'm using this knowledge to do this work
Vanessa Mártir
Jun 30
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Write Your Abortion Story
I needed to write the story of the abortion I had at 18. Maybe you need to write yours too.
Vanessa Mártir
Jun 26
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Writing about Family
Why is it so hard? What do we owe people?
Vanessa Mártir
Jun 23
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Change, middle age & discovery
I got my first cortisone shot this week. Does that mean I'm old?
Vanessa Mártir
Jun 18
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Returning home
Where is home? Who is home? How do they make you feel?
Vanessa Mártir
Jun 12
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On hope, healing and self-care
I'm that person that sees hope everywhere. I make no apologies.
Vanessa Mártir
May 27
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Why I don’t watch horror films
How a childhood obsession with scary movies shaped my writing about fear
Vanessa Mártir
May 20
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My little girl is not broken
On fear, anger & why I do & write hard things
Vanessa Mártir
May 14
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I've written sad stories, now I want to center joy
I have always been a reflective person, from when I was a kid up in the plum tree in our backyard pondering my life, to my teenage years in boarding…
Vanessa Mártir
May 6
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