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November 2024 recap
What I wrote (spoiler: I published my first print magazine piece!) and read, where we traveled, Scout updates, etc
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Haley Young
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How to feel like a “real” writer (or dog person)
On practicality and romance and one not precluding the other
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I want to be a published author. Right?
Why I'm dragging my feet to make my "first book" real
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Drifting in jealousy of imagined lives
On the version of me who made different (read: better) decisions
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Things that bring me joy lately
I almost titled this “little” things that bring me joy. But you know what? The happiness provided is big.
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Several short reflections on my old writing
Here's to bravery
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Still learning from my fourteen-year-old self
Written on May 30th at a coffee shop in Newfoundland.
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This is the year of memoirs
2020 through 2022 were my years of research nonfiction.
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My tumultuous relationship with subheadings
Yes, I’m calling it tumultuous.
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Maybe Instagram has made my writing worse
I occasionally have the rare — and riveting — experience of reading a piece I wrote years ago and thinking to myself this is good. I wrote this? I can…
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An update on the Paws and Reflect book
A series of (fortunate) events finally pushed me to make some changes to prioritize writing my book.
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How I try to find balance in online communication
Three years ago, I started an Instagram to document life with my newly adopted Australian cattle dog, Scout.
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