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Poignancy Alert: Maxwell Cynn on Mother’s Day and Cancer
Poignancy Alert: Maxwell Cynn on Mother’s Day and Cancer Our son has leukemia. Leukemia incites images of beautiful children, their hair gone, their eyes dark and sunken – or old men dying in...
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Cancer Sucks. Writer Sara Rose Doesn’t.
“Wherever there is forward movement, there is bound to be turbulence.” ~ Paul McElroy (Taken from Sara Olson-Liebert’s wall—one of her favorite quotes.) Somebody I don’t know well, an acquaintance...
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I Can Taste The Grief by guest @LK_Editorial aka Loren Kleinman
Beyond honored to have author and editor Loren Kleinman join me today. I’ll let her amazing voice speak for itself. From I Want No Paradise By Loren Kleinman “Even so distant, I can taste the...
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Witness, A Guest Blog on Depression by @Streetlights94 via @RachelintheOC
Please welcome my very special guest Christina from Streetlights Imagination. She’s one of the first fast friends I made on Twitter over three years ago, is a terrific writer, and is determined to take...
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At Least He Didn’t Hurt Me by guest @SwiftInkEditor
At Least He Didn’t Hurt Me One of my very best friends is also my editor — and I still adore her! Jessica Swift is incredibly talented and truly a visionary. If you’ve enjoyed my books, it’s because...
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All Fall Down: A Highly Personal Guest Post on #MentalIllness by @ChristineNolfi
Christine Nofli is a brave soul. When I asked her to share something deeply personal about her life for a guest post, she laid her guts bare to me. And now, you. A spiritual person, Christine shares...
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Why I’ve Sworn Off Nutella (gasp!)
One of the most difficult aspects of being a chick is weight. People’s perceptions of us, our own self-esteem about it, and how to deal with food in a general way. As a mom of a thirteen-year old...
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How I Lost 1,000 Pounds Over 50 Years by guest Steve Taylor
My Emotional Eating Roller Coaster by guest author Steve Taylor Fasten your seat belts. Here begins a sordid story of a fat boy. It’s so bad, that the only way I can even talk about it is to poke fun...
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Just Another Cancer Story by guest @EdenBaylee
Just Another Cancer Story I’m honored to have erotica author and damn fine human Eden Baylee here today to share her experience with cancer. Eden lives in Canada and I’m a huge fan of her books Fall...
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The Skinny Truth by guest Annabell Cadiz (@TeamFallen)
Image courtesy of podpad / FreeDigitalPhotos.net There I stand in front of my door-length mirror. I’m dressed in a curve-hugging, thinned-strapped, black dress that falls just above my knees exposing...
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Why I Donate Blood by @K8Tilton
Today on the blog please welcome back my fabulous author assistant Kate Tilton! Kate has been on the blog before with her article, The Balancing Act of Author Street Teams when we launched my street...
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HopeLine Recycle Program Provides Hope For More than the Environment by Karen...
Today please welcome Karen of the HopeLine program from Verizon. Rachel has teamed up with the HopeLine program which connects survivors of domestic violence to vital resources, funds organizations...
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What Everyone Ought to Know about Birthmothers by guest @jcutlerlopez
Jenny with Sophia and Orion at Great Falls National Park At twenty years old, I found myself pregnant: living thousands of miles from family and friends, no money, and abandoned by my on-again,...
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But That’s Not “Real” Depression by guest @MsBessieBell
Image courtesy of Ambro / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Today please welcome author and editor Jessica Bell to the blog. Jessica has a powerful story about depression and the pattern it takes in her life. If...
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The Scarapist by guest @JeanneSpicuzza Part Two
I’m happy to welcome back writer and producer Jeanne Marie Spicuzza with the second part of her experience with a scarapist, a scary therapist. If you missed part one you can see it here. The next...
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Writing is Love by guest @LorenKleinman
Image courtesy of stockimages / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Originally posted on BG Bowers blog > http://bit.ly/1eZw5xd. Reposted with permission. Please welcome author Loren Kleinman as she shares her...
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Fly Away Girl by guest @TruthisHers
Image courtesy of Vlado / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Please help me welcome author and fellow cohost of #SexAbuseChat, Bobbi Parish to the blog as she shares her experience with sexual abuse and how this...
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Rape Made Me a Feminist by guest @SbethCaplin
Image courtesy of imagerymajestic / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Please welcome author and blogger Sarahbeth to the blog today as she shares her story of rape culture and feminists. I was raised by a strong...
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Writing Our Pain by guest Kathleen Valentine (@Kathleen01930)
Image courtesy of stockimages / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Writing is its own sort of therapy. Writing the hard stuff is one of the best things a writer can do. Today please welcome Kathleen to the blog as...
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The Worth of Self by guest @DelSheree
Image courtesy of Ambro / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Being open to sharing our stories connects us to so many others and creates a bond we didn’t know existed before. Today I’m grateful to be sharing this...
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