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How a woman dies alive:

I saw a dead woman yesterday, and she breathed like us.

But how does a woman die?

And how do you see it being butchered?

She dies when her face leaves a smile, when she stops caring about her beauty, when she stops holding someone's hands tight, when she doesn't wait long for someone's hug, when her face has a sarcastic smile when love talks past her, yes, that's how a woman dies!

Yes, a woman dies while she lives, and she gives food, heralds mourning in her, lives her funeral alone, then she gets up, arranges her shape, erases the liquid eyeliner under her eyes, puts it back, then she goes into the world, standing in full elegance, breathing and maybe smiling and laughing, but she's dead and no one knows!

How many women who live among us breathe, but died long ago, extinguishing the ray of hope and strength in her eyes are the first signs of death.

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Heading into another term of #creativewritingforkids workshops with THE best reading list ( not pictured: SPELLSLINGER by Sebastien de Castell). So excited to teach middle schoolers and be able to pull YA titles for my list this term! We’re writing our own “novels” for the next 30 weeks. Want to join the challenge (with or without assigned readings?) There’s still time to join both the adult/regular and kids’ zoom-based “write a book in 20 weeks” workshops! Learn more/apply at bit.ly/20wkbook #creativewriting #writingworkshops #writeabook #newyearsresolutions #learntowrite #learntowriteabook #novelwritingworkshop #writingtips #writingcommunity #yafantasy #yabookstagram (at Abbotsford, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnXpAG8y5Nt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=