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I'm Michelle. This is my blog. I write about women and fatness, expound upon semi-coherent thoughts I have in the middle of the night, and offer tough love to those in whom I am disappointed; they are legion.

Tag: Writing

Everything I Needed to Know About Essay Structure I Learned from This Crappy Drawing of a Coffee Pot

Maybe writing well isn’t really about writing at all.

Questionable life choices, Sketching, Writing

Of Books, and Lizards, and Housewives (Or, “Ain’t I A Writer?”)

Hello! My name is Michelle, and I cannot write a book. Here is a list of other things I have written … More

Books, This is why my therapist can afford all those trips to Hawaii, Writing

Call Me Ishmael

Part of moving to another continent requires violently attacking your nostalgia, because you (read: I) don’t want to pay cash money to ship … More

High School, We don' need no stinking grammar, Writing

Helpful hint, free of charge.

If you are writing a sentence that begins, “I’m not a racist…” and the next part of that sentence starts … More

Free Advice, Science is still working on the cure for privilege-blindness, Writing

I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and goddammit, I can write.

I recently had a conversation with someone who, after learning that I work with WordPress, wanted to pepper me with … More

Impostor Syndrome, This is why my therapist can afford all those trips to Hawaii, Writing

This is the kind of grammar up with which I shall not put.

I was just doing a little housekeeping on LinkedIn and took a minute to browse the people LinkedIn thinks I … More

I should really just go right back to bed when I wake up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, Musings, Writing

Wot’s all this then?

I’m a professional writer, editor, napper, and dog-snorgler. I like short walks on the beach, long walks in the city, and a cold cherry-lime rickey.

Once I wrote this food blog, and people seemed to like it, and then I worked here and here. Now I’m working on this new thing.

I don't want to say that something darkly but ironically tragic will happen to you if you don't follow me, but it might. I just want to be realistic.

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