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Melissa Volker
Jul 27, 20183 min read
DEEP WATERS thoughts on my writing: its failings, its purpose, its promise
My published collection of short stories was born of a time in my early adulthood in Manhattan where I was single, sometimes lonely,...
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Melissa Volker
Sep 25, 20173 min read
Appropriately Inappropriate
I have difficulty with this notion that there is an appropriate time to protest injustice and conversely, an inappropriate time. How is...
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Melissa Volker
Sep 17, 20173 min read
Silence
Another installment in the process of getting (the right) words on paper: When I'm working on a book, my first draft tends to be an...
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Melissa Volker
Aug 5, 20173 min read
Drama, Tragedy and all The Feels
Another installment in the process of getting (the right) words on paper: Every Wednesday I take our teen son on a road trip to spend the...
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Melissa Volker
Jul 21, 20174 min read
No, it's not a movie, it's a book -- but...
Another installment in the process of getting (the right) words on paper: I just spent three days knowing a chapter was all wrong from...
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Melissa Volker
Jul 17, 20174 min read
Stop Saying it's About Feminism
Fandoms are passionate. Some more than others. It might seem odd to pen a piece about a fandom's reaction to casting, because, well…it's...
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Melissa Volker
Jul 17, 20174 min read
Truth in Writing
Whenever I do a reading, questions invariably arise regarding my approach to writing, where my ideas come from and how I get them from...
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Melissa Volker
Jun 25, 20173 min read
HIDDEN - why I wrote about anxiety
"HIDDEN: an impossible story" is a short, YA magical realism novel about a fifteen-year-old boy and his struggle with anxiety. There's a...
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Melissa Volker
May 31, 20173 min read
A Slow Burn
Late to the party, I know, but we just watched the movie "Selma". I wish I could have recorded the moments after that first sentence was...
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Melissa Volker
Apr 11, 20172 min read
#Resist
We have a son who is fourteen years old. The first election he was old enough to be aware of was President Obama in 2008. We watched the...
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Melissa Volker
Apr 10, 20173 min read
The Space I'm In
This is NOT my work space. It is lovely, zen, uncluttered, and unfettered. The view is -- green, and while not particularly special, it...
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Melissa Volker
Mar 21, 20172 min read
One Man's Trash is Another Man's Treasure
So I recently won a short story contest on Words and Brushes. Yay for me! But seriously -- I'm happy, it's nice to be validated, to be...
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Melissa Volker
Jan 24, 20174 min read
To outline or not to outline - that is the question...
I've been thinking a lot about writing...the act of writing, the putting of words to paper and making it real, rich, honest. All writers...
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Melissa Volker
Sep 18, 20164 min read
Thoughts on Life, Writing, and Inspiration
W.P. Kinsella died. For those who don't know, he wrote the book, "Shoeless Joe" upon which the movie, "Field of Dreams" was based. He...
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Melissa Volker
Jun 2, 20162 min read
Writing with an Ear
When asked about my writing, I usually say I think of it as painting with words. That I strive to craft my prose with an eye toward...
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