by Melissa | Jan 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
So, if you’re new to my story, I should tell you this: my body won’t retain water. It’s a problem with my brain where it won’t tell my kidneys to keep water in my system to keep me alive. It’s a new-ish sort of thing that showed up about...
by Melissa | Jan 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
I’ve been pacing back and forth in my own heart for months over this. The screen in front of my eyes and the keyboard beneath my fingertips seem to mock me right where I am—stuck. In the commute through Nashville into Franklin. In line at the grocery store. Taking...
by Melissa | Jan 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
Sit on it for a very long time. Consider the fact that this has been in the back of your head for years, and that you’ve been writing for a very long time, but minimize that and get super insecure and think of reasons to back out. Start to tell a few close...
