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What if no one cares about your midlife reinvention?
But it's more important now than ever to share your stories, even if the world is on fire.
Jun 17
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Me, Myself, and the Gourd Who Said I’d Never Be a Writer
My midlife reinvention meant confronting myself and others who wanted to hold me back.
Jun 10
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Catherine Palmer
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Embracing the messiness of writing (and life)
My almost love letter to Anne Lamott
May 21
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Catherine Palmer
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Revisions as easy as pie: a writer's recipe
The messy and time-consuming personal essay process
Apr 30
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Catherine Palmer
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Ten steps to a middling Substack
An amateur's journey to reaching 1,000 subscribers
Feb 25
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Catherine Palmer
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Writing a memoir and hating my narrator
To tell an authentic story, I needed to find a narrator "strong enough to do battle for me."
Dec 3, 2024
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Catherine Palmer
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Recovering from my "hearts" addiction
A little red heart, meaning someone liked my Instagram post, was as satisfying as a shiny sticker on my grade school homework or a glowing performance…
Nov 22, 2024
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Catherine Palmer
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Subscriber Surge September
Fear of doing the wrong thing prevents us from moving forward. What if I misstep? OR, what if I drew my own line toward success?
Oct 3, 2024
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Catherine Palmer
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Sorry I didn't write. I would have, but I didn't want to.
My life wizard described a world without external distractions where I could float freely as if in a bubble. I pictured the kind you blow from a tiny…
Feb 27, 2024
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Catherine Palmer
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It’s Tuesday. Am I trending?
It's not the size of my audience, it's the magic in it.
Feb 7, 2024
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Catherine Palmer
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Adding this one item to the top of my to-do list changed everything
Making a plan and planning to fail
Jan 28, 2024
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Catherine Palmer
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The best way to avoid crushing waves of self-doubt
Get out of the break zone
Jan 3, 2024
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Catherine Palmer
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