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Jennifer Browdy, PhD's avatar

No need to apologize for disappearing into the creative process, Dory! We must give ourselves the time and spaciousness to go deep and explore our inner creative wells. It is a wonderful feeling, enjoy every minute!

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Audrey Kalman's avatar

Thank you for sharing that passage-in-progress, Dory! I'm struck by how you flip the usual "I was born on..." first sentence trope with its somewhat shocking ending, "to a mother who had no interest in babies or children. I was her fourth, a post-war baby." And the imagining of your mother's experience as she stepped out of the car, and the remembering of yours, are beautiful.

If you want more support as you continue working, the fiction/memoir workshop will make a reappearance this summer and into the fall!

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Dory Cote's avatar

Thank you for your support and comments. I continue to write diligently and hope to have a final first draft to Jennifer by mid-July for editing. In the meantime, I miss seeing you and being together in workshops. I’ll surely consider the summer workshop you’re hosting.

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Barbara's avatar

Dory! You are an amazingly resilient person. An inspiration for us all. 💖

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Mary Kate Jordan's avatar

You’re inspiring, Dory, but I knew that already. Just keep your butt on the chair, fingers on the keyboard, heart in the center of things. Get outdoors, drink water, and sing. Then get yourself inside again, repeat cycle either forwards or backwards. As often as needed, of course. I believe in you and I’m far from alone in that. Got it? Good!

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