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Dec 30, 2022

Expect the Unexpected

(What I Learned from 2022) — I was supposed to be happy in 2022. That was the plan, at least. But then in January, my coworker, mentor, and best friend left St. Pete suddenly and without warning. …

Growth

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Expect the Unexpected
Expect the Unexpected
Growth

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Dec 9, 2022

It’s Going to be Okay

(But Also, it Might Not Be) Less than 24 hours after landing in Massachusetts, I had my last session with the therapist I’d been working with for over two years. We stared at each other from behind a screen. His house was visible in the background — not too much…

LGBTQ

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It’s Going to be Okay
It’s Going to be Okay
LGBTQ

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Jul 25, 2022

I Don’t Want my Life to Be Essay Worthy Anymore

I Don’t Want my Life to Be Essay Worthy Anymore I move to Massachusetts in the summer of 2022 after the woman I love abruptly exits my life without telling me. Massachusetts is busy and green. Big, waxy leaves spring up everywhere, made shiny and full by the recent rains…

Writing

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I Don’t Want my Life to Be Essay Worthy Anymore
I Don’t Want my Life to Be Essay Worthy Anymore
Writing

9 min read


Jun 6, 2022

Five Things to do at a Writer’s Residency

And One Thing to Avoid One Work on the novel your agent probably didn’t want you to work on. The one she said might need substantial edits to get it publishable. Put your all into this novel, both out of faith and out of spite. Change the setting to be…

Writing

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Five Things to do at a Writer’s Residency
Five Things to do at a Writer’s Residency
Writing

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·Feb 14, 2022

How to Love Second Drafts

Revision is when the fun begins. Really. — Writing the first draft of a novel is a practice in following directions. At least, it is for me. That means the first draft of a novel is never really any fun. The first draft is the structure and bare bones of what you’re trying to say. Most of the…

Writing

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How to Love Second Drafts
How to Love Second Drafts
Writing

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Feb 14, 2022

Life as a Ghost Hunter

My mother has spent much of her life chasing ghosts. She frequently visits graveyards, reviewing names and tombstone designs, searching for lost family members. When I was a kid, every summer she dragged me around her home state of Louisiana to every tiny, family-owned cemetery she could find. They were…

Ghosts

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Life as a Ghost Hunter
Life as a Ghost Hunter
Ghosts

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Oct 19, 2021

What the “Dark” Place Looks Like When You’re Healing

I’m in the dark place. I’ve been here for about a month, and it is steadily getting worse. The last time I was in the dark place like this was a year ago, almost to the date. It was during the presidential election, and I stopped sleeping for two weeks…

Mental Health

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What the “Dark” Place Looks Like When You’re Healing
What the “Dark” Place Looks Like When You’re Healing
Mental Health

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Published in Creators Hub

·Oct 2, 2021

What Writers Can Learn From Scary Stories

I don’t write horror, but I’ve learned so much from writers like Stephen King and Edgar Allan Poe — This story is behind Medium’s membership paywall, which means the writer earns through our Partner Program. To become a Medium member, click here. I grew up understanding that places could appear haunted, but usually, it’s the people inside them that were. My mother was followed by ghosts and spirits. …

Writing

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What Writers Can Learn From Scary Stories
What Writers Can Learn From Scary Stories
Writing

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Published in Human Parts

·Aug 26, 2021

I Spent 25 Years in the Closet

And coming out almost killed me — I got married when I was 20 years old. My ex-husband was 27, a graduate student at the university where I was getting my bachelor’s. We met while I was at work at the college bookstore. He bought coffee and always smiled at me. He was gentle and calm. Stable…

LGBTQ

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I Spent 25 Years in the Closet
I Spent 25 Years in the Closet
LGBTQ

9 min read


Aug 13, 2021

Living in Florida — a Test of Faith During COVID

Florida and Texas Make up 40% of All New COVID Cases — I moved to the Florida Keys in 2015. I was fresh out of the closet, a recent MFA graduate, and separating from my husband. …

LGBTQ

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Living in Florida — a Test of Faith During COVID
Living in Florida — a Test of Faith During COVID
LGBTQ

6 min read

Chelsea Catherine

Chelsea Catherine

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