My mother gave me a cross-stitch project that she had given up on. It was just a loose, floppy piece of fabric, not in a […]
Adventures in Editing – June 12-17
“Now, I don’t know if you’ve ever tried to have sex with someone who is covered from head to toe in an industrial grade insect […]
“How can I begin anything new with all of yesterday in me?” – May 17
When I was 16, a boy I was certain I would love forever gave me a gift. “Beautiful Losers” by Leonard Cohen and a mixed tape of […]
Adventures in Editing – May 6
“As I stated earlier, I have daddy issues out the wazoo. My personal acting out on my daddy issues was not to have affairs with […]
The Best Thing I Wrote Today – Apr 22-17
Photo credit: Deal With It by by Esther Drill, Rebecca Odes, and Heather McDonald The other kid in school who had a satellite dish would have sleepovers […]
Best Thing I Wrote Today – Apr 16-17
“When I was in my mid-20s, I found the dress I was wearing when I lost my virginity, in a thrift store in my hometown.”
Adventures in Editing – April 10
“I want to write this story so that they’ll know that I loved them but not only them and so everyone will know that it’s […]
Adventures in Editing – Jan 1
“He wanted me, but he wanted me to change into someone that he molded. And for a while I let him. For a while, I […]