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An excerpt of mine.

by Jacqueline on February 2, 2010

The truth is, I didn’t get over hiding my body until I was with child. Until it wasn’t my body anymore. Then it became more of a display case, for the life, the girl that was about to be. It became part hers, part mine, but neither of ours, really. It […]

Where Do You Get Your Ideas?

by Lindsey Charlton on January 15, 2010

When I first seriously considered being a writer, I was in college. I was majoring in Music, but going to a liberal arts college meant that I was also taking at least three other classes not directly related to my major.
In addition to the one Creative Writing class I was taking (finally, as a senior, […]

How to Put Your Creativity to Work

by Lindsey Charlton on January 12, 2010

My husband and I are creative, right-brain people. We are educated and capable. We know we have good ideas, we know we have connections and resources to help us. We discuss all kinds of creative things we could do: create websites, make videos, write stories, write music, just to name a few. We both have […]

by Lindsey Charlton on July 28, 2009

“Work is not always required. There is such a thing as sacred idleness.”
–George MacDonald

A mute laugh

by Jacqueline on June 4, 2009

Yesterday I helped take photos of a boy who had cerebral palsy. My role was to keep his attention, his eyes looking into the camera lens.
We rang the bells and called his name.
It seemed to work some of the time.
On a break his mother told us that his biggest frustration at school was that […]

I hear music, mighty fine music …

by Lindsey Charlton on May 26, 2009

There is something about seeing music live, especially music that I will forever adore (or, I plan on adoring), that causes me to act in a way that I never do at any other time in my life. Never wanting to be “one of the crowd” on any other day, I inevitably forget all […]

Speak up

by Jacqueline on May 18, 2009

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself. –Harvey Fierstein

Answer me this, please.

by Jacqueline on April 25, 2009

What is success? Who measures it? Is success simply a question of relativity, defined by circumstance? Why are some achievements better than others?

Keeping Dreams

by Lindsey Charlton on April 6, 2009

It’s funny how your dreams
Change as you’re growing old
You don’t wanna be no spaceman
You just want the gold
All the dream stealers
Are lying in wait
But if you wanna be a spaceman
It’s still not too late

–Oasis

What to do when a strange animal appears in the shadows

by Lindsey Charlton on March 4, 2009

I was driving down a dark back road tonight and thought I saw the strangest looking deer-like animal ever. It freaked me out. I thought it was going to walk into the road, in front of my car. But it was creepy because it’s body was twisted funny even though it looked like it was […]

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