marcelle soviero
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Author | Writing Coach | Speaker former Editor in Chief, Brain Child and Brain Teen: award winning literary magazines for parents
New York Metro Area
Joined April 2009
How to Be Kinder to Yourself We all tend to think the worst of ourselves when under a lot of stress. The next time you feel like you're being too hard on yourself, try this simple practice to foster self-compassion. https://t.co/xBotvwPRAv
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Awesome-- And I love your CNF piece!
You guys! I wrote a HAPPY story and it just arrived in the new issue of @riverteeth. Get out there and check your mailboxes. Thank you, dear good editors.
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Classis jokes for writers: What do you get when you cross a writer with a deadline? A really clean house. https://t.co/6DCUTGk8c4
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By Julie Vick Knock, knock. Who’s there? Interrupting bird. Interrupting bird wh– Tweet. You really must read this Tweet. ** What do you get when you cross a writer with a deadline? A really …
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Powerful essay on @brainchildmag today -- “How can I witness my Jewish daughter praying like Muslims? Wearing a black chador? Making pilgrimage to Qom with radical Muslims? What is next? Marriage to an Ayatollah? I want to burn to death!” https://t.co/VnBx21xaJO
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Tom Wolfe on Writing Nonfiction. "It's a very demanding form and I think a lot of people who try it don't realize how much reporting you have to do first." https://t.co/GdBwlTLTga
#writerslife
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19 Jokes From Tumblr That Will Inevitably Make All Writers Laugh
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You: writing. Me, an intellectual: sitting in front of a computer and crying.
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missed this somehow - how to transform an essay collection into a memoir https://t.co/jPqXeueelK
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How To Tell Your Family That You're Writing a Memoir. https://t.co/OOwnQ4GipO I tried not to say anything hurtful. I tried to be both protagonist and antagonist. I tried not to cross the line. I tried to be fair—to them, to the story, to myself. @lithub
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Our children grow up, sometimes in spite of us -- "As a single mother raising two daughters, Mom believes bad elements lurk everywhere..." @brainchildmag #brainteen #longreads
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Proud to publish excerpt by @dawnlandia about daughters growing up. "One day they will leave you, shoot off into the sky and take their place in bigger constellations. And it’s your job to let it go." https://t.co/fAjbOKoak5
@Flatironbooks @brainchildmag #mothersofsparta
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Alexander Chee’s new essay collection examines the costs of writing: "Writing Edinburgh meant destroying the version of himself that he presented to the world and creating a new self." @voxdotcom
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The author of Queen of the Night and Edinburgh turns to essays in this achingly vulnerable collection.
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The most liked tweets of famous poets: https://t.co/Idns2DgLat
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“Write a short story every week. It's not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row.”
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"As you edit, you feel renewed hope -- you like hanging out with your characters, getting their story just right. And when this edit is over, you’ll get to put on your Wonder Woman cape... https://t.co/FjqFX4ymHA
@writersinthestorm
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Julie Glover discusses the five stages of grief and how they apply to editing a book.
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As our children get older, the opportunities for quality time are presented less and less frequently. https://t.co/sEewpFKa8u
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Ah yes, being a writer... " "'I'm a writer,' I whisper as I spend several hours watching YouTube... https://t.co/mfVhrHgXC1
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thank you @JennBerney
The payoff in the personal essay: One of the biggest rewards of a well-told story is a satisfying climax, one both surprising and earned... https://t.co/3YIBGbWzAC
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The payoff in the personal essay: One of the biggest rewards of a well-told story is a satisfying climax, one both surprising and earned... https://t.co/3YIBGbWzAC
@brevitymag
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