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Why Do You Write?

One reason is universal: to share our stories and remember. — Why do we write? For generations, authors have offered their personal musings in answer to the question, why do I write? Joan Didion, said, “I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.” Cormac McCarthy, was…

Writers On Writing

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Why Do You Write?
Why Do You Write?
Writers On Writing

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Thoughts And Ideas

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Go Slowly

Advice for Writing and Living in 2022 — It is okay to get started slowly; it is Monday, after all, and only the second of the year. It is okay if you could not sleep last night. Neither could I, nor could Pearl, whose paws clicked back and forth from the hall into our bedroom and back again…

Writing Tips

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Go Slowly
Go Slowly
Writing Tips

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Apr 18

Forget spring cleaning in a soon-to-be empty nest

In December 2000, the back seat of my car was pristine. Untouched. I was eight months pregnant. Still me. Still incredulous that I was soon going to join the demographic “women who have given birth.” I was aware that carrying my child above my bladder and under my heart, might…

Parenting Teenagers

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Forget spring cleaning in a soon-to-be empty nest
Forget spring cleaning in a soon-to-be empty nest
Parenting Teenagers

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Apr 11

Dream Small

Unexpected wisdom from a midlife birthday — Many years ago, an artist’s handpainted signs at a crafts fair at the local park caught my attention. I came home with five and hung them on the wall outside my sons’ bedrooms. The first three implored: THINK BIG. FOLLOW YOUR PASSION. NEVER, EVER GIVE UP. As a fledgling writer…

Birthday Wishes

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Dream Small
Dream Small
Birthday Wishes

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Mar 27

Hey, writer’s block: meet me outside.

When creativity hides, look for it in unexplored places. — “Why don’t we ruminate on good things?” I ask my husband as dawn pushes through the shutters. I am awake unusually early for me, and he is in bed unusually late for him. …

Writing

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Hey, writer’s block: meet me outside.
Hey, writer’s block: meet me outside.
Writing

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Dec 9, 2022

What if We Could Rest for a While

After “In Praise of I Don’t Know” by Maya Stein My friend, the teacher and beautiful writer Dana Childers, offers poems as prompts in a weekly gathering of writers. One of her favorite poets to share is Maya Stein, and she has become one of my favorites. …

Poetry On Medium

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What if We Could Rest for a While
What if We Could Rest for a While
Poetry On Medium

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Dec 2, 2022

Almost There

Daring to shout your dreams to the world lets others dream, too. — I am posting from a different place than I normally write, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania for my uber-talented sister-in-law’s birthday. I came to the East early to spend two nights on my own in New York City. I love being alone there, walking wherever I choose, changing my mind when…

Writing Community

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Almost There
Almost There
Writing Community

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Nov 24, 2022

In Praise of Tiny Gratitude

Most days I feel like gratitude is my superpower, and I can turn away from the crap and orient myself toward reverence for all that is good — as small as a dog offering her tummy for a scratch, a piano playing a melancholy chord in the other room, or…

Thanksgiving

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In Praise of Tiny Gratitude
In Praise of Tiny Gratitude
Thanksgiving

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Nov 11, 2022

Did I love it enough?*

No matter how we try, can we savor a moment as much as we should? — Did I love it enough? Those three quick days with our son, popping into his life for a weekend, then back out. …

Adventure

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Did I love it enough?*
Did I love it enough?*
Adventure

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Nov 4, 2022

This is what life is like now

A desk’s drawers give clues to who we are, and who we might become. This is what life is like now. The sound of my husband watching television migrates from the living room, through the door, and into the room where I am writing. I turn on white noise to block out the voices on the news channel. …

Writing Community

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This is what life is like now
This is what life is like now
Writing Community

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Laura Nicole Diamond

Laura Nicole Diamond

223 Followers

Author, asylum lawyer, mom. www.LauraNicoleDiamond.com Support indie bookstores! bookshop.org/shop/LauraNicoleDiamond

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