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Melissa Volker
Aug 25, 20174 min read
The Eternal Blue
"I've been thinking a lot about this thing we all do -- life…" she began, her pencil absently tracing an invisible line around the open...
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Melissa Volker
Aug 18, 20176 min read
Reminiscence on Where We Go
A coffee cup, a ring of dried sludge around the bottom, a pair of round, tortoiseshell glasses -- one lens tinted dark where it bakes in...
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Melissa Volker
Aug 17, 20171 min read
If You Walk With Me
If you walk with me, you are welcome -- though I cannot guarantee the content of our time. My vision shifts with sun and shadows, rage...
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Melissa Volker
Aug 6, 20172 min read
Required Reading for Living on Earth
My fangirl letter to my new favorite author. I freely admit that no matter my age I am, at heart, forever and always an uncomfortable,...
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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
Feb 13, 20173 min read
First Snow (a short short story)
Dark, cold, buried beneath a pile of thick, soft, dense white; it is a time to hibernate and hide away. The world has vanished beneath a...
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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
Nov 26, 20162 min read
On Birthdays, Life, and the Age of Wisdom
Birthdays tend to be a time of reflection (or hiding, I suppose, depending on your disposition). Every year I keep waiting for the "age...
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Melissa Volker
Nov 8, 20164 min read
A short piece
Diary of Her a short tale of what was When did the leaves change? I think to myself as I stand in the path to the small patch of woods...
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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
Aug 27, 20163 min read
Cats, Kids, and Couch Covers
A few years ago we decided it was time for a new couch. Looked around, sat on a bunch, checked out budget, sat on some more. Thought...
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Melissa Volker
Jul 27, 20162 min read
Ruins
It sits in a small patch of woods nestled between two neighborhoods, easily missed behind tangles of brambles, and curtains of ferns;...
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