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Aug 13Liked by chloe almeda

This is so lovely. Thanks for sharing it, and your process!

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Apr 4Liked by chloe almeda

GREAT opening paragraph! I was in the back seat of that car, inside the feelings of your character immediately. That feeling of being separate, but safe, able to watch and listen but not have to do anything. I remember that feeling from when I was a child in the back seat of our car, with my mother and much-older brother in the front seat, driving up the center of California to visit our friends at Christmas. It was a good feeling.

Bravo, Chloe! The whole piece pulled my right in. And I love your explanation in your epilogue of how you are learning by reading stories of authors you admire.

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Thanks, Sue! That was the one paragraph I wrote on Vashon...of course, it was a little bit different, since I tend to change things right up until the very end, but I remember it feeling exact in the way I wanted to begin. And sure enough, I was able to pick up where I left off when I got home.

Though they're all fun in that challenging kind of way, this piece might have taught me the most so far. I really like that feeling, and I give much of the credit to Éilís, for leading the way with her short fiction stories!

Already thinking-up the next one.

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