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The Twist Podcast #267: Proud AF End of June Rainbows Everywhere Edition
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we say goodbye to another June, wave our rainbow flags high, and stay the course.
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Two Online Guided Autobiography Introductory Workshops Added for August!
I’ve added two Guided Autobiography 2-Hour Introductory Workshops in August. These are free and online.
DATE: Monday, August 12
Time: 10:00 AM Eastern via Zoom
RSVP HERE (limited to 6)
DATE: Wednesday, August 14
Time: 2:00 PM Eastern via Zoom
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Bucks County Herald Ad Set to Run in July
I’m sure it will look different when their ad department has created it, but I like this for my own purposes.
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Workshops Now Scheduled for September! Save the Dates
I have a full slate of workshops schedules for September: Fiction Writing Essentials, Self-Publishing with KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing), and extended Guided Autobiography Workshops. You don’t need to register now, but save the dates and stay tuned. – Mark
Guided Autobiography 6 Week Online Workshop
Starts Wednesday, September 4, 10:00 am eastern
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Coming Soon from Your Write Path: Doing It All – A Self-Publishing Workshop Intensive
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Fall Writing Workshops and Classes Coming This September!
I’m furiously working on a full roster of workshops, extended workshops and classes to offer starting September. Subscribe at YourWritePath.com and stay updated on all of it!
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At the Flemington Summer Book Fest
This was my second year at the Flemington Summer Book Festival. Last year was great, and I sold a lot of books. This year, not so much. Maybe it was the heat and humidity. There were a lot fewer authors, and the foot traffic was tragic. But … I’m glad I went.
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Another Workshop Testimonial: Guided Autobiography 2-Hour Introductory
“Mark gave us a simple exercise, to pick a room and diagram it using the house we grew up in. Put in the furniture, windows, all the room’s features, and take notice of any feelings, emotions, thoughts that occurred as we did the exercise. I was astonished at the power of my memories and feelings as I thought about the knotty pine “den” where my family watched TV, sometimes ate, spent most of the nighttime hours before going to bed. I relived the distance I always felt between my father and me, the anger of my father toward my mother, my disgust with my sad depressed grandmother, who I felt almost didn’t exist for me. I became that teenage boy in Canton, Mississippi, trying to figure out how I could be so different, how I could know I was “queer”, and wondering if I would even be able to act on those feelings.” – Jim G.
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The Twist Podcast #266: Back from the Cruise, Upside Down SCOTUS, and Memorial Day Musings
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we talk cruise recollections, upside down Supreme Court justices, and remember the meaning of Memorial Day.
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The Twist Podcast #265: Guest Co-Host Susie Hobson Joins Rick to Talk Fallon’s 10th Anniversary, Dating After 50, and Churro Dipped Ice Cream Cones
Join special guest co-host Susie Hobson with Rick Rose as Mark takes off for a cruise. Susie and Rick share their thoughts on Jimmy Fallon’s 10 years with the Tonight Show, dating after 50, and churro dipped ice cream cones.
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Dreamshaping: The ‘What If?’ List
All things are of the substance of dreams …
By Mark McNease
I’ve used a ‘What If?’ list in my fiction writing, especially when I feel stuck in the journey of a story. Where should it go? Where do I want it to go? How can I imagine the next turn in the road for these characters?
I don’t like to admit that I sometimes find myself unable to tell which direction a story should take, and that includes the story of my life. So when I recently found myself feeling indecisive, even to the point of thinking I couldn’t do much of anything, I wrote a ‘What If?’ list for myself.
WHAT IF I set aside the novel writing for 90 days or so?
WHAT IF I truly opened up that creative space and let something else come into it?
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Health Beat: Finding Ways to Deal with Chronic Pain
Health Beat is a feature at LGBTSr promoting health and well-being.
By Mark McNease
There’s something psychologically debilitating about walking with a cane, or wearing sandals that can accommodate an ankle brace. Two sizes too large? I had no other choice if I wanted more than one pair of shoes I could wear, which has been the case for a week.
When the mighty fall
Chronic pain affects millions of people, and we can find ourselves dealing with it at a moment’s notice. For me, it was a very sudden fall in the yard just over a week ago. I was dragging a hose across the lawn, walking sideways, and suddenly …. SNAP, my ankle bent sideways and every overweight pound of me went falling to the ground. I’ve had this happen before, but never so seriously. I also landed on my chest, and a week later I’m dealing with both the ankle, and, to a lesser degree, rib pain.
We’re going on a cruise next week. Between that and simply wanting to function—I don’t know how anyone stands being bed or couch ridden for more than a day—I went to an orthopedist. Now that I have Medicare there’s no reason not to, but old habits of avoiding doctors die hard.
Chronic pain is caused by any number of reasons, such as injury, illness, aging, or stress. It can, and does, have a negative impact on your physical, mental, and emotional well-being, as well as your quality of life. There’s something psychologically debilitating about walking with a cane, or wearing sandals that can accommodate an ankle brace. Two sizes too large? I had no other choice if I wanted more than one pair of shoes I could wear, which has been the case for a week.
Take heart: there are ways to cope with chronic pain and manage its symptoms. Following are some tips and strategies that can help, or at least inspire you to find your own ways of coping.
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The Twist Podcast #264: Injectable Youth, Carnival in the Court, and John Connolly’s Charlie Parker Thriller #21
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we assail the myth of abortion tourism, consider the pros and cons of reverse aging, and recommend author John Connolly’s newest Charlie Parker Thriller, ‘The Instruments of Darkness.’
