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A novel about fatherhood, grief, unanswerable questions, and the small, magical moments that make up life.

2025

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My Fifties Were Going to Be MY Decade

Life had something else in store

Oct 9, 2023

My Fifties Were Going to Be MY Decade

Oct 9, 2023

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Those Writing Class Trigger Warnings

What are they good for?

Oct 2, 2024

Cyclist freestyling on an outdoor handrail set aflame

Oct 2, 2024

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Walking Out of the Hospital

After four days in the emergency ward, my mother had had enough

Sep 27, 2024

Walking Out of the Hospital

Sep 27, 2024

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A Landlord Seeks Forgiveness

What was in that life-changing rent break?

Jul 9, 2024

A Landlord Seeks Forgiveness

Jul 9, 2024

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Lives Well Lived — a New Publication

Tell us a story and call it an obituary

Jun 5, 2024

Lives Well Lived — a New Publication

Jun 5, 2024

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Published a Book? The Parasites Are Coming For You

The relentless emails of hustle-culture

Oct 23

Published a Book? The Parasites Are Coming For You

Oct 23

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Myths & Rewards of Homeschooling

It’s that time of year

Aug 29

Myths & Rewards of Homeschooling

Aug 29

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Fear in Your Writing

What is it good for?

Aug 18

Mothers and children in a moving roller-coaster. Everyone excited, except for the one little girl right up in front — she’s terrified!

Aug 18

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Thoughts on Novel Endings

Julian of Norwich on hindsight and creating a loop

May 20

Thoughts on Novel Endings

May 20

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When Multiple Characters’ Stories Intersect in a Novel

Writing the crisis of a story with more than one point of view

May 15

When Multiple Characters’ Stories Intersect in a Novel

May 15

Alison Acheson

Alison Acheson

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Adult novel: Blue Hours. Memoir: Dance Me to the End. (ALS caregiving.) My pubs here: LIVES WELL LIVED, UNSCHOOL FOR WRITERS, and editor for WRITE & REVIEW.

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