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I'm so proud of this issue of @themainemag. Our 50 Mainers issue features incredible people who are pushing the boundaries of what people think when they think of Maine. On our cover is @geoneptune, a Passamaquoddy basketmaker, educator, and drag performer, whose art is "an important part of cultural preservation as well as evolution" and whose gender identity is "a challenge to Western patriarchal societal norms." Geo, and the rest of the 50 Mainers, understands and honors what makes Maine great, while also working to help it grow, evolve, and become more welcoming and inclusive. @ekhlas.ahmed is helping immigrants transition to life in Maine, @blackgirlinmaine is sparking discussions of race and racial discrimination in this 95% white state, and @pantsdiamond is talking about the importance of consent with @wespeakaboutit. I also got to interview two amazing authors, @loislowrywriter and Elizabeth Strout, who show that women using their words and voices is always important and much needed. Please take a few moments to read about these amazing people, link in bio ✨ • • • • • #maine #mainemagazine #lovemaine #journalism #writing #write #representationmatters #race #immigration #transgender #magazine

How do you put into words what it is to be a girl and then a woman and how you transition from one to the other? How do you describe the gray area between the two when society forces you to grow up and leave your innocence behind? Perennials captures the complexities of female friendships, mother-daughter relationships, father-daughter relationships, the relationship with ourselves and how we view ourselves and how that compares to how the world sees us and how the two can never seem to match up. It shows the unfair stereotypes put on girls and how men can twist your desires against you and use them for their own gain, how they use their own insecurities as an excuse to treat you like property. It shows that girls and women can be two things at once, two seemingly opposed things, and how both those things are true, and how only you get to define who you are and what you want. These themes and ideas are bursting within me as I write and edit my own book, and I'm so glad to have found Perennials and @mandykate. • • • • • #perennials #novel #book #books #read #reading #igreads #igbooks #bookstagram #mandyberman #randomhouse #portland #maine #coffee #girls #women

Pretending Lux is our child and this is a family portrait. Doesn't he look thrilled? • • • • • #lux #puppy #dog #blacklab #labrador #labradorretriever #family #portland #maine

For most of my life, my asthma has been something I viewed lightly. Then it almost killed me. Asthma is life-threatening and at least 10 people die from it everyday. In 2016 I was almost one of those 10 people. In this piece for @selfmagazine I talk about my asthma attack and spoke with an expert about warning signs and what to do if you experience them. Link in bio • • • • • #asthma #asthmaattack #selfmagazine #self #write #writing #writer #freelance #bando #health

It's so scary to think about the editing process for this. I printed this out over a week ago, have carried it around the apartment, I've flipped the pages, but have yet to make a red mark. It's overwhelming to think about diving deeply into every word I've written down and every sentence and determining whether it's something readers will ever see. I've read that you're supposed to wait a few months after finishing a rough draft before you start editing, but I don't know how necessary that is. I'm nervous, because once I'm in it I'm in it, but I'm starting now. • • • • • #writing #write #writer #writersofinstagram #amwriting #editing #amediting #novel #book #roughdraft

Instagram: Here's a cute picture of Mickey Mouse-shaped food in front of the Tree of Life Reality: I'm eating this pretzel to calm my stomach because I just threw up on a ride. • • • • • #disney #disneyworld #animalkingdom #treeoflife #mickeymouse #florida

More buildings should be shaped like the things they sell 🍦 • • • • • #twisteetreat #icecream #icecreamcone #florida #orlando #orlandoflorida #kissimmee

"Ah, the inhaler, the universal sign for Loser, as far as most pop culture references are concerned. After all, it is shaped like a small, but undeniable, L." My latest piece for @selfmagazine explores why Hollywood always portrays nerds as asthmatic and why this isn't fair. It might be a little bit snarky. Link in bio! • • • • • #self #freelance #writing #amwriting #writer #write #health #asthma #popculture #magazine #nerd #nerdy

DEAD 🐶😱 • • • • • #puppy #puppies #dog #dogs #yellowlab #labrador #labradorretriever #howlingdog #video #funnyvideos

This doesn't feel like real life, but I just finished a rough draft of my book. I don't think it's hit me yet. I've been working on this draft for almost 6 years and there were other versions before this one that got scrapped. This story and these characters have been inside me for so long. It feels so good to be one step closer to getting this piece of me out into the world. And now I edit. • • • • • #write #writing #writer #amwriting #wip #novel #book #books #read #reading #roughdraft

"You find yourself in a situation where you have agreed, agreed, agreed, agreed and you realize this is not such a good agreement." • • • • • #finefinefinefinefine #dianewilliams #noon #fiction #flashfiction #book #books #read #reading

"She was putting something behind her and trying to find a new way of looking at the future." ✨ • • • • • #karatechop #dorthenors #shortstories #book #books #read #reading #igreads #igbooks #bubblebath

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