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For the ones who are brave enough to fly, despite the risk.
Dec 4, 2025 • Mariah Friend
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Apr 3, 2025 • Mariah Friend
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Start here for ways to connect to other creative caregivers and refill your well
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The *actual* math of self-publishing
Feb 19 • Mariah Friend
Let my skeleton bones lie naked- pure and white in the glow of an effervescent moon.
Oct 22, 2023 • Mariah Friend
To baby or not to baby
Apr 26, 2025 • Mariah Friend
Notes from the query trenches ✏️
May 25, 2025 • Mariah Friend
I thought I had a chronic illness: Spoiler--I just needed more childcare
Sep 14, 2025 • Mariah Friend
Floorboards
Jan 3, 2024 • Mariah Friend

Motherhood

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Becoming creatively maladjusted to the expectations of motherhood
On rest, rebellion, and refusing to see exhaustion as normal
Mar 12 • Mariah Friend
Why consistency doesn't work for me
What a week of pink eye + solo parenting taught me about creativity
Oct 17, 2025 • Mariah Friend
A thousand times, I'd choose you
This body, this life, this moment--a carousel of delight and pain and magic.
Oct 1, 2025 • Mariah Friend

Self-publishing

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The *actual* math of self-publishing
$3,964 invested, 30% to break-even, and what I've learned in 10 weeks post book-launch!
Feb 19 • Mariah Friend
32 books and so much light ✨
Wrapping up 2025 with gratitude
Dec 8, 2025 • Mariah Friend
The Pattern Shop is here 🦋
For the ones who are brave enough to fly, despite the risk.
Dec 4, 2025 • Mariah Friend

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