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Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. As you’ve probably noticed right above this sentence, there is something new in my life – and that is that my in-the-works memoir, Moscow Chica: How Growing Up Russian and Cuban Made Me an American, is now also being joined by a brand-new Medium blog (or…
Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. At the start of the year, I wrote about the 7 fearless things I am doing for my career in 2017 and exactly why I am signing up for the #52essays2017 challenge. I also committed to making 2017 my #yearofwriting… my theme for the year, if…
Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. It’s the start of a new year and, as always, that has me (and everyone else in the world I suppose) thinking about what this year will bring. It’s no stretch to say that 2016 wasn’t everyone’s favorite year. Despite some personal successes, I know that…
Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. We’ve all been saying it all damn year, haven’t we? 2016 IS THE WORST. I know that I’ve definitely been guilty of this sentiment, and it wasn’t really just because of the election (although that contributed to my year-end complaints). But in the past few days,…
Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. I love a good challenge. I think that’s been sufficiently demonstrated this year alone when I decided to start writing for my Map Your 30s project and even signed up to write every single day during the month of July. The only problem? I suck at keeping up with them….