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Insanity--a love story: a memoir of madness and mania
Insanity--a love story: a memoir of madness and mania

What is the line between reality and insanity? Author Melissa Miles McCarter grapples with this question in her lyrical literary memoir.

2009

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Melissa Miles McCarter

Who am I and what do I write about? — I am at heart a mommy who writes on the side. But it took a long time to earn that title. From the loss of my daughter to SIDS, the ups and downs of step-parenting my now 20 year old, to a long journey of infertility that culminated in my now 5 year old daughter arriving by way of IVF…

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Melissa Miles McCarter
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Melissa On Writing

·5 hours ago

Why You Should You Submit Your Work to Literary Journals

Develop a writing plan. The first time I published anything, it was a short story in a literary journal. This was back in the 1990s when they had journals primarily in print. …

Writing

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Why You Should You Submit Your Work to Literary Journals
Why You Should You Submit Your Work to Literary Journals
Writing

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·3 days ago

When Should You Let Go of a Dream?

Deciding to stop trying is a hard choice. — One of the biggest challenges in life is knowing when to let go and when to keep trying, no matter how impossible the challenges appear to be. After thirteen years of infertility, after the death of my first daughter from SIDS, I was pretty much ready to be done with…

Parenting

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When Should You Let Go of a Dream?
When Should You Let Go of a Dream?
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Invisible Illness

·4 days ago

Why Motherhood Helps Me Stay Sane

Parenting keeps me mentally stable. — If you told me 30 years ago that parenting would help keep me mentally stable, I would not have understood. To me, caring for anyone else would be impossible when I couldn’t even care for myself. I remember laying in bed, miserable, unable to get up for my college classes…

Psychology

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Why Motherhood Helps Me Stay Sane
Why Motherhood Helps Me Stay Sane
Psychology

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The Narrative

·Updated May 25

How America Can’t Deal With Death

Our healthcare system has major problems with end-of-life care. — The lack of recognition and emphasis on extending life at all costs reflects a broken system. “It’s time to put him in hospice,” said the geriatric case manager we had hired, after months of long-term care debacles and trying to navigate the Medicare/Medicaid system by ourselves. She recognized the dying…

Healthcare

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How America Can’t Deal With Death
How America Can’t Deal With Death
Healthcare

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Melissa Miles McCarter

·May 24

Why Technology Keeps My Dad Alive

Grief in Zero and Ones. — I found out the hard way that technology can immortalize trauma. Texts, voicemails, or photos can all be haunting fragments from the past, capturing fleeting moments we might otherwise have lost. “Daddy had a stroke. Call me.” I saw these fragile moments in the texts back and forth with my…

Memoir

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Why Technology Keeps My Dad Alive
Why Technology Keeps My Dad Alive
Memoir

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Melissa Miles McCarter

·May 21

Is AI Really Reading Your Mind?

Short answer: yes it is. — In our increasingly digitized world, concerns about artificial intelligence (AI) “reading people’s” minds have emerged. Social media users have reported experiences where their thoughts seemingly manifest in personalized advertisements on their smartphones, leading to questions about the extent of AI’s understanding of our innermost thoughts. Let’s delve into the concept…

Technology

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Is AI Really Reading Your Mind?
Is AI Really Reading Your Mind?
Technology

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Melissa Miles McCarter

·May 18

Should I Submit My Work to Literary Journals?

Or should I just self-publish on Medium? — I’ve been taking writing classes through the Stanford Continuing Education program. This time it’s a memoir class that culminates in one chapter and the beginnings of a longer manuscript. I submitted an excerpt of this chapter-in-process to various journals and have been rejected or haven’t heard back. …

Writing

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Should I Submit My Work to Literary Journals?
Should I Submit My Work to Literary Journals?
Writing

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Melissa Miles McCarter

·Updated May 16

Why My Mother’s Day Involved A Goat

No Mimosa for me. — “What do you want to do for Mother’s Day?” is one of the most loaded questions you can ask. On the one hand, you want the one day you get the attention you deserve. On the other hand, you want to be left alone like you deserve, too. There seemed…

Parenting

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Why My Mother’s Day Involves A Goat
Why My Mother’s Day Involves A Goat
Parenting

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Pop Off

·Mar 15

Sister Wives: Why Gwendlyn Brown Accuses Dad Kody Brown of Physical Abuse

His children claim this is part of a pattern of negative behaviors towards them. — Gwendlyn Brown, the daughter of Sister Wives’ Kody Brown and Christine Brown, alleges that her father physically abused her. She specifically accuses him of spanking so severely as to leave bruising. Gwendlyn has been recently outspoken about her negative experiences with the various cast members on the show. …

Culture

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Sister Wives: Why Gwendlyn Brown Accuses Dad Kody Brown of Physical Abuse
Sister Wives: Why Gwendlyn Brown Accuses Dad Kody Brown of Physical Abuse
Culture

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