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They are all storytellers.
Pick up a pen or launch the Notes app on your phone and start writing. No pressure, no deadlines, no standards to follow but yours, no rules to…
Fernanda Santos
Mar 29
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Texting With a Writer: Amanda Pavlov
Amanda Pavlov is an author, stand-up comic, voracious reader and mom whose debut YA novel, Mind Like A Diamond, came out in December. We talked about…
Fernanda Santos
Mar 20
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Intention versus impact
I too did all I did with the best of intentions.
Fernanda Santos
Mar 8
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The honest truth
One day at a time.
Fernanda Santos
Mar 1
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February 2023
I noticed ...
I am here to enjoy every minute, every opportunity to make this life of mine one worthy of the privilege that it is to be present, and to be healthy…
Fernanda Santos
Feb 20
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I noticed ...
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Texting With a Writer: Alice Driver
Hello, and welcome to the monthly edition of Texting With a Writer, where I share with you text messages I’ve exchanged with fellow writers about the…
Fernanda Santos
Feb 13
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There's no expiration date for a powerful story.
the words I write exist to register life so that it endures as the clock ticks, and the seconds and minutes and hours and days and years add up, and the…
Fernanda Santos
Feb 6
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January 2023
This is how I choose to prioritize
A choice I make because I have to is a choice that could make what comes next easier, like the choice to conclude an urgent (and annoying) task so that…
Fernanda Santos
Jan 31
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Writing can be a form of self-care.
You can touch your work every day. There’s time if you make time for it. Writing is personal, so touching your work is making time for yourself.
Fernanda Santos
Jan 23
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Texting With a Writer: Hannah Bae
Asking for help when words don't come.
Fernanda Santos
Jan 17
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The truth demands courage.
As Anne Lamott wrote in Bird by Bird, "You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they…
Fernanda Santos
Jan 9
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This is what I wish for you in the new year.
May you always be open to seeing and embracing the beauty that surrounds you.
Fernanda Santos
Jan 1
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