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Tag: memoir

Reflections on COVID-19 from someone who overcame personal tragedy

April 22, 2020

Reflections on the global pandemic of COVID-19 from my perspective as a survivor of trauma (in my case, a severe Traumatic Brain Injury/TBI). … More Reflections on COVID-19 from someone who overcame personal tragedy

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Brain Injury Month: Monthly Writing Update

March 24, 2020

A monthly writing update about my commitment to the new NaNoWriMo event #StayHomeWriMo. … More Brain Injury Month: Monthly Writing Update

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Writing Update and Memoir Mind Mapping

February 24, 2020

A monthly writing update where I share a visual way that has helped me organize my memoir and give a word count update. … More Writing Update and Memoir Mind Mapping

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Default Settings After TBI

February 17, 2020

Sometimes my injured brain acts totally different than before my Traumatic Brain Injury and other times I feel like those default settings appear. Here’s an essay about such a phenomenon. … More Default Settings After TBI

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#CreativityForDays not forgotten

February 2, 2020

Where did #CreativityForDays go? I explain, offer a summary and recommit. … More #CreativityForDays not forgotten

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The Two Moviegoers (An Essay)

January 28, 2020

For this essay I discuss what it was like being a movie fan before brain injury and after. … More The Two Moviegoers (An Essay)

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December Writing Update: A 2019 Summary

December 24, 2019

A writing update that’s a summary of what I wrote in 2019 since this is my last writing update of the year. … More December Writing Update: A 2019 Summary

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Essay: Holidays of Good Cheer after Tragedy

December 17, 2019

An essay where I frankly discuss being in good cheer during the holidays after you’ve survived tragedy. … More Essay: Holidays of Good Cheer after Tragedy

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Writing Update: Memoir Progress

November 26, 2019

I finally have made some progress in my memoir so this is an old fashioned writing update with an actual word count for my memoir. #amFINALLYwriting … More Writing Update: Memoir Progress

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Essay: The Sounds are Coming From INSIDE My Head

November 5, 2019

An essay where I talk about how my severe Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) has left me with severely diminished hearing and distorted hearing that makes it seem like I have a horror movie INSIDE my head. Creepy! … More Essay: The Sounds are Coming From INSIDE My Head

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Writing My Brain Injury Story No Matter How LONG it takes!

This blog chronicles my ongoing pursuit of writing my memoir about my experience with severe Traumatic Brain Injury.

Every once in a while I intersperse memoir talk with talk about fun things like my dog and pop culture and goofy things related to living with your parents again in middle age!

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