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The Life of an Essay: "The Cost of Distrust: How RFK Jr.’s Leadership Threatens Families Like Mine"
Part 4: Ms. Magazine
Nov 24
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Elizabeth Austin
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Goodbye, Earl: A Field Guide to Handling Internet Hate
What to do when strangers on the internet say terrible things about you.
Nov 6
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Elizabeth Austin
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Resources + Ways to Help!
A listing of ways to help with the upcoming SNAP freeze, plus all my upcoming classes and offerings.
Oct 30
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Elizabeth Austin
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The Desk Diary That Runs My (Writing) Life
I can't promise it'll work for you, but I can tell you how it works for me.
Oct 23
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Elizabeth Austin
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The Life of an Essay: "I Felt Like I Was Failing At 'The Talk' — And Then Chappell Roan Fixed Everything"
Part 2: HuffPost Voices
Oct 12
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Elizabeth Austin
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A Writer's Guide to Self-Motivation
Learning to generate your own creative drive.
Oct 10
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Elizabeth Austin
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The Life of an Essay: "The Years My Son Refused to Go to School"
Part 1: Time Magazine
Sep 10
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Elizabeth Austin
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Expectations vs. Reality: Publishing With The New York Times
What achieving this long-held dream did (and didn't do) for me- and an announcement about my new Life of an Essay series!
Sep 4
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Elizabeth Austin
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Sewanee Writers Conference 2025
Everything you've ever wanted to know about the Writer's Wonderland of the South.
Aug 11
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Elizabeth Austin
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Ghost in the Machine
Adding my voice to the chorus: please stop handing your creative labor over to ChatGPT.
Jul 14
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Elizabeth Austin
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The Art of Imperfect Boundaries
My summer work-life juggle, and how I'm maintaining structure while school's out
Jul 8
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Elizabeth Austin
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The Math of Failure: A Writer's Guide to Rejection
See also: rejection as direction.
Jul 3
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Elizabeth Austin
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