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Dog Days are Over

September 1, 2019 by Kate Mayer Leave a Comment

Empty box of wineWhat a summer. To be completely honest, the entire year has been a bit of a shit show: when a dead dog and dead aunt are the absolute highlights – and they were, make no mistake about it, both revealing the most beautiful and wondrous things about us humans just when we need it so – it’s not a bad idea to look forward to a change of seasons.

Last spring, right before I killed the dog and began the long slow torturous descent into hospice hell, I had a big plans: write once a week, submit essays all over the interworld, attend conferences, meet people, take classes, share stories worth telling.

Plus, work of course. The RJ (real-job, that actually pays the bills, or some of them).

Right before Penny (the forlorn pooch) went missing, I sketched out an editorial calendar and plugged in topics, contest deadlines, rolling out from March through May. Read650. Connecticut Press Club. Submittable. Duotrope. Gabi’s Writers Rendezvous.

And then life happened. Or lack thereof. Lots of good and lots not-so-good. But we keep moving forward, right? That’s what we’re supposed to do? Somehow?

Back to school time is a great time to begin again, so here I am, at a new beginning. Again.


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An irreverent storyteller with a foul mouth and big heart, Kathryn Mayer (also known by Kathy and Kate), is a writer, humorist, and activist writing out loud with humor and grace about the little moments of life with big ripples, including parenting, social issues, midlife, and, sigh, gun violence prevention. Sometimes a big deal, sometimes not Mayer is national award-winning columnist, according to the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, and her essays have been recognized as Voice of the Year from SheKnows/BlogHer, named Best … Read More Here...

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