Writing

So … I’m a Writer

“What’s your book about?” is the first question I am asked when I tell a mother in my daughter’s nursery school class that I am writing a book. Eeeesh. It is a totally fair question but it is the one I want so desperately to avoid - especially at this…

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I (Finally) Wrote a Book

First off – let me address the issue of me being neither famous nor infamous. You’re right. I’m neither. I’m just a person who had fertility issues – then one cancer diagnosis – then another, unrelated cancer diagnosis – then concurrent treatments for those cancers – then a baby. You…

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The Awkwardness of Writing a Memoir

I did not ask for a memoir. When I sat down to write The Cancer Channel, where I started was with a handbook. A primer. A travel guide of sorts for those on a cancer journey. I started writing this “guidebook for the newly diagnosed” because when I was diagnosed…

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Making Journaling a Habit

I am struggling to find time to write. I know I am not alone. I regularly receive journal entries from people posting on Medium who are struggling to write and who share the various devices they’re using to get themselves to write - e.g. calendar invites to yourself, journal prompts…

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