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Field Notes: September 2026 (opens the original)
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🕯️ If you’re working on a memoir, the DIRTY, MESSY, ALIVE writing retreat has supportive sessions to light the way. I’m a guest speaker this year, and you can grab your FREE ticket for all the sessions running from Sept 28 - Oct 1.SAVE YOUR SEAT<h
The Ache of Belonging to Two Places at Once (opens the original)
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🕯️ If you’re working on a memoir, the DIRTY, MESSY, ALIVE writing retreat has supportive sessions to light the way. I’m a guest speaker this year, and you can grab your FREE ticket for all the sessions running from Sept 28 - Oct 1.When I downloaded ’s new book to my e-reader this spring, I planned to read it in transit, because a t
Writing about our lives is always messy (opens the original)
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I’m presenting a session on memory excavation at this year’s DIRTY, MESSY, ALIVE embodied writing workshop from September 28-October 1. It’s totally free and you can sign up here.Every memoir has what writing teacher Marion Roach Smith calls a “crying on the bathroom floor” scene. It’s the moment that created a before and after in the life of the narrator, and is often the whole reason someone’s working on a memoir in the fir
20 Insights From 20 Years of Writing in the Margins (opens the original)
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Quick update: A few weeks ago I soft-launched a paid Substack offering, but after sitting with the response and chatting with some of you, I’ve decided to press pause and explore another way to offer the yearly rituals at a softer pace. Thanks for flowing along with me as I continue to listen, adjust, and adapt to this ever-shifting creative practice. —Nicole<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!l4Pm!,f_auto,q_auto:go
Writing as an Adaptive Coping Mechanism (opens the original)
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