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Birthday grab bag 🥳
I turn 39 this week!
Jul 1
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Mariah Friend
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June 2026
When the bones are good
Writing Odessa Week 13 📖
Jun 19
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Mariah Friend
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When you're disillusioned with the internet and that somehow feels like disillusionment with everything
Plus Writing Odessa: Weeks 10 + 11 📖
Jun 11
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Mariah Friend
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No, he's not wearing any clothes
On the perceived value of SpaceX and the REAL value of the Arts
Jun 4
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Mariah Friend
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The Politics of Rest
Why reclaiming rest matters for your creative practice, and what the guilt is actually about.
Jun 3
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Mariah Friend
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Kathryn Vercillo
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May 2026
Chaos gardening and growing an author career: Results may vary 🍄
Writing Odessa Week 9 📖
May 28
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Mariah Friend
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Motherhood + Creativity: my brain wants the same guarantees I'm not f*cking it up
Writing Odessa Week 8 📖
May 21
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Mariah Friend
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Am I doing this right? 🤷♀️
Writing Odessa Week 7 📖
May 12
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Mariah Friend
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"You Look Sicker Than Some of Our Patients"
On being a nurse, becoming a patient, and learning the system was failing both
May 8
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Mariah Friend
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Stay, or leave: Shifting identities and the shapes we carry
Writing Odessa Week 6 📖
May 6
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Mariah Friend
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April 2026
Time for tenderness
On aging and anticipatory grief
Apr 29
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Mariah Friend
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I dreamed my father: shaping Carrie's grief from my own
Writing Odessa Week 5 📖 Each week I’ll be sharing updates from the messy middle of writing my next book while juggling all the other LIFE stuff. I hope…
Apr 27
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Mariah Friend
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