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Asha Dornfest: Optimism in the Face of Snark, One Parent Hack has Found the Combination for Mom Blogging Success
by Megan Jordan
“The thing that makes a successful blogger is an authentic, passionate voice.”
"I did not start Ashaland with the intent to become a ‘momblogger.’ It just seemed like the natural thing to do as a writer was to start a blog." Mom writer Asha Dornfest may have felt that moving from traditional writing to blogging was a natural progression, yet many writers still give blogging a bit of the stink eye, something better left to the "techies" and attention span challenged. Certainly not the type of engagement suited for a master of prose, right? Character development and story lines could do nothing but suffer under the limited platform that is blogging, surely?
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Guest Features
The Necklace
by Bonnie Beth Chernin
“Did I make this in nursery school?”
My 7-year-old daughter Rachel pointed to the red-blue-and-yellow, plastic heart beaded necklace she had found rummaging through my dresser’s “jewelry drawer” where I keep my earrings, bracelets and necklaces, ostensibly in boxes of various shapes and sizes, some in black velvet, others in silver or gold foil, most of them in white cardboard. But more often than not, my cheap accessories are loose and uncontained at the bottom of my particle wood drawer, and that is where she discovered the colored strand of beads.
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Cutting In
by Jenn Brisendine
“I hate painting,” my husband says. We stare at the walls of New Baby’s room. New Baby has no name yet. Sometimes we even abbreviate him N.B.
“Then let me,” I say. “I like it.”
“No way.” He pries the lid from a can of Blue Linen.
“I’m pregnant, not an invalid,” I remind him for the thousandth time in 31 weeks. He just shakes his head and stirs. I sigh, a bit miffed. “Have fun...”
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"Lucky" by Allison M. Healey
View more of Allison's artwork at www.ah-creative.com.
