A fellow human being does something you don't understand, how do you react? It depends, probably. Maybe you get confused, angry, or sad. Maybe you tell yourself to keep an open mind, but maybe you're clear on right and wrong. I try to open my mind to another possibility. Sometimes I manage it. Sometimes not. …
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Surfacing
Do you have the secret to organization and balance? I know about lists. I even make lists. Where do the lists go? I think they drown in the sea of nonsense that is my desk. Anyone can make a list. Look. I'll make one right now. (in insignificant order and incomplete) finish organizing desk do …
“What kind of person writes a book like that?”
This is the question my mother-in-law asked about The Hunger Games. Now, she didn't ask in a harsh judgmental way, but in a true mystified way. My first thought was, "A person like me." She's never read anything I've written, and I'm afraid if I ever get published and she reads my work, she will …
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Marta Pelrine-Bacon 