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stephanieraffelock
Jan 9, 20172 min read
What’s Your Word for 2017?
Even though one day is pretty much the same as another, and an arbitrary line between December 31st and January 1st doesn’t really mean...
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stephanieraffelock
Dec 30, 20162 min read
The Grace and Gift of Austin
Three times a week, she walked the hills around our little town with her friend, Denise, huddled together, two ancient women undaunted by...
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stephanieraffelock
Dec 24, 20161 min read
Holiday Wishes
I am hunkered down with tea and a laptop, moving forward on a manuscript that has had its hands around my throat for the past year and...
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stephanieraffelock
Dec 3, 20163 min read
Donald Trump, Blue Beard and the Feminine
I recently talked with a friend who is a Jungian analyst and has spent many years collecting fairy tales and myths. “What is the story...
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stephanieraffelock
Oct 1, 20163 min read
The Why of What We Write
Recently I was given a list of Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling. It’s a great list for anyone who writes fiction. Number #14 on the list...
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stephanieraffelock
Sep 2, 20164 min read
Freedom
When the Faith and Culture Writers Conference put out a call for original essays to read to the inmates involved in The 7th Step...
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stephanieraffelock
Aug 28, 20162 min read
Gratitude
You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that exists in your...
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stephanieraffelock
Jul 24, 20162 min read
All In A Day’s Hike
A pair of well-worn hiking boots sit on a rock somewhere on a trail on a sunny summer’s day. When I went down, I went down hard, the left...
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stephanieraffelock
Jul 10, 20163 min read
Our Breaking Heart
My heart won’t stop aching for the cops shot to death while they were trying to protect the protesters. I think about their families and...
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stephanieraffelock
Jun 30, 20163 min read
Nine Things I Want My Nieces and Great Nieces To Know
There are certain things that I want to tell my nieces and my grand nieces before I get too old. Maybe they already know. They are all a...
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stephanieraffelock
Jun 7, 20165 min read
A 6-Step Roadmap With Title Change
“When you get to the highest point on the roller coaster you can either scream in fear or squeal with delight.” The truth about...
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stephanieraffelock
May 2, 20164 min read
Process, Preparation and Prose
If you are someone who writes by the seat of their pants, this essay is not for you. Stephen King, the grand Pooh-Bah of pantsing is...
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stephanieraffelock
Feb 24, 20164 min read
Technology and the Death of Introspection
For a while I still read at night. Schooled on the principle that one’s writing is a direct reflection of the quality of one’s reading, I...
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stephanieraffelock
Feb 13, 20162 min read
What The Morning Brings
I kept the teapot and the sugar and creamer, though I lost the lid to the pot during a move. I displayed them on a shelf. The rest of the...
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stephanieraffelock
Feb 11, 20162 min read
Investing In Your Writing
By the time you are working in the long-form format of the novel or the memoir, craft becomes the big thing. Story. Craft is what makes...
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stephanieraffelock
Feb 7, 20162 min read
All That Political Stuff That Puts You To Sleep and What You Need To Do About It!
Are you more interested in cute kitty videos on Facebook than you are in understanding the policies of our elected officials? Is social...
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stephanieraffelock
Jan 23, 20162 min read
Have A Grateful Day
I find myself looking for moments in which I can take a deep breath and fill my heart with gratitude. And let me tell you they are...
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stephanieraffelock
Jan 1, 20162 min read
Dancing With Your Dreams
Second Chapters–I know them well. The invention and reinvention of your self, each time trying to get life a little more right than the...
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stephanieraffelock
Dec 30, 20153 min read
Friended, Fanned and Porned (How To Make Facebook and Other Social Media Un-Fun)
And the problem didn’t start when I got porned on Facebook. A sexually violent picture appeared on my timeline. I was able to report it...
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stephanieraffelock
Dec 24, 20153 min read
Give The Best In You To Others
I was a writing student at Naropa University, a Buddhist inspired school, deeply rooted in the traditions of meditation, creative...
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