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that meant a new post on writing by me and the others in the group on the first Wednesday of the month. (Click the photo for my posts; click here for the group website).
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Category Archives: history
#dSavannahDefects – C is for…
… child abuse April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, and I am a child abuse survivor, so it’s only fitting I include this topic in my theme of dSavannah Defects. You may think that child abuse doesn’t happen any more, … Continue reading
Posted in #AtoZchallenge2016, #dSavannahDefects, abuse, depression, evil, family, health, history, shining a light, the dark places, violence
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GNU Pat Conroy
On Friday, the world lost another great voice with the death of author Pat Conroy, who passed away of pancreatic cancer at age 70, just four weeks after his diagnosis. When I read the news about the cancer, I knew … Continue reading
Posted in abuse, age, author, books, childhood, depression, dreams, family, fear, fiction, history, making a difference, memory, mental illness, shining a light, the dark places
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#FictionFriday: In Another Era
In another era, I died at this age. When I died, I was an old woman – my hair lank and heavy, my face seamed and lined from sun and wind and from squinting into both, my joints swollen and … Continue reading
Posted in #FictionFriday, childhood, community, family, fiction, hard work, history, writing
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Banned Books Week 2015
Hi. My name is dSavannah, and I read banned books. And I’m helping celebrate / promote (demote?) / raise awareness for Banned Books Week, which was created in 1982 by the American Library Association (ALA), which reports that more than … Continue reading
Posted in author, books, community, dreams, evil, fiction, history, inspiration, learning, making a difference, shining a light, writershelpingwriters, writing
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GNU Tanith Lee
It seems there has been an awful lot of deaths this year. I personally have sent out, oh, six or eight sympathy cards in the past few months, when last year, it was one. A dear friend’s sister was killed … Continue reading
Posted in author, books, fantasy, fiction, history, horror, mystery, poetry, publishing, sci-fi, talent, the dark places, wishes, writershelpingwriters
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X is for…
…X-Rays We all know what x-rays are, right? Sure we do, just like we know what electricity is. (We really don’t.) As (probably) mentioned, I had to get x-rays of my back recently because it’s hurting me so {bad word} … Continue reading
Posted in #AtoZchallenge2015, health, history
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S is for…
…Stigma Fighters At about eight years old, a little girl starts being sexually molested by her older brother. Her parents don’t notice that the formerly happy, vibrant child turns sullen, quiet. Another little girl is sexually molested for over two … Continue reading
