Author: Cris
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Two things contributed to my decision to publish myself: my psychic and my ego.
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Who do you get to be in order to stay committed to your vision? This is the question I’m asking myself in the mirror (yes, out loud) as I mull over putting an offer on a home. My husband and I saw the home days ago and it seemed to be right for us.…
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“You’ve chosen a real interesting path,” my editor told me. “It’s borderline masochistic.” Yep. So, why then, do I write? The short answer; I want to be rich and famous and this seemed the most likely way to get there, barring reality TV.
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We got married! This is a short post to share that I am finally back to focusing on my work. These past few months, my attention was on a different type of creation, our marriage and wedding.
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Do you ever hear a song that takes you back to a place in time so specific your body will actually feel as if you were there? Maybe it was a first kiss or a song you heard when you used to get ready to go out in college?
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Something sinister happened this week. I was sitting in my office making edits to my book when a flood of ghostly memories made themselves known again. My body went flush with horror as I had a physical reaction to That Girl, my girl, me only ten years ago. She sat next to me fully visible, every…
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I’m in the process of publishing a book, a collection of essays from my twenties. As one of my favorite writer’s William Zinsser said, there are many reasons to write our story besides publication and fame. It’s therapeutic and we can leave it behind for our children to know who we were, to name a…
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I’m really excited to go to a bridal shower… said no one ever. Just kidding. Kind of. Let me rewind.
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She runs into the bathroom, shuts the door and takes out her iPhone to text that guy. The one guy she messages when she needs to feel better. Sometimes she can’t tell if bad things happen and she finds him, or if she makes the bad things happen so she can run to him.
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Like the mysteriously contagious nature of yawns, there is no scientific explanation for breakup season. But make no mistake– relationship armageddon is upon us.