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Jul 3, 2019
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Way Too Open Office

I'm having an introvert-in-the-office day. Too many people. Too much talk. Too much interaction. Too many vibes. Auras flying around me l...

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C.E. Medford

Jul 3, 2019
1 min

Way Too Open Office

I'm having an introvert-in-the-office day. Too many people. Too much talk. Too much interaction. Too many vibes. Auras flying around me l...

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C.E. Medford

Jun 10, 2019
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The No-spend Hour

I'm celebrating having made it out of Waitrose with a receipt for £12.57. Usually I go in to Waitrose for bananas, and come out with £30 w...

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C.E. Medford

May 11, 2019
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Rust

The new novel is pure hell. For five years I've only edited - writing and rewriting and rearranging and reshaping and reimagining The Boo...

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C.E. Medford

Apr 14, 2019
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Wild side

If you’ve never had a religious experience, don’t listen to Lou Reed’s Take a Walk on the Wild Side for ten years, then listen to it. Tha...

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C.E. Medford

Apr 13, 2019
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Still here

Even my writing group didn’t seem to understand the extraordinary pain the last year has caused me. They are the closest beings to me in ...

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C.E. Medford

Oct 18, 2017
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Your Anchor

One important thing I've learned while living in England is the importance of a personal anchor. This anchor is something in yourself, so...

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C.E. Medford

Jan 28, 2017
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A Bit About Love

I've worked in mental health and volunteered in prisons and alcohol treatment. Here's the one difference I see in human beings in terms o...

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C.E. Medford

Oct 21, 2016
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The Geek Shall Inherit the Earth

Success is random. It didn't used to be. Time was when a college degree meant a good paying job. A start with a big company meant a healt...

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C.E. Medford

Sep 8, 2016
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Magic America in at number 5!

11 Books to cure your 80s nostalgia http://bit.ly/2cAhQH1

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C.E. Medford

Aug 18, 2016
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Because someone else didn't give up

For anyone who might be struggling with the motivation to pursue what sometimes seems a distant, or even impossible dream, I'm sharing th...

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C.E. Medford

Jul 5, 2016
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Grandma Dorothy and the Electric Chair

My maternal grandmother once (rather famously in my family) said to her children "If you ever murdered someone, I would hold your hand al...

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C.E. Medford

Jun 10, 2016
1 min

YouTube Channel Launch

Hey all, I'm launching a YouTube channel to talk about the writing life. I've added the videos to this site on a brand new page, so ple...

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C.E. Medford

May 1, 2016
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Lone Children

I don't know how any parent can look at this debate about whether or not to allow Syrian refugee children into the UK and not think of th...

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C.E. Medford

Apr 22, 2016
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R.I.P. Prince

Purple Rain was a rite of passage, a door we crossed through that cost us some innocence and gave us some vitality, and established us as...

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C.E. Medford

Mar 23, 2016
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This review

As far as I'm concerned, this one review has made Magic America a success in my eyes. http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R3FL0SB...

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C.E. Medford

Feb 24, 2016
1 min

General Chicken

Just typed 'female general' into Pinterest. Got greeting cards, fantasy photos, "10 ways to travel safely as a woman", Kate Bush (?), and...

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Zoe Brooks review "This is as much magic realism of the oppressed as any novel set in South Ame

C.E. Medford

Jun 22, 2015
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Zoe Brooks review "This is as much magic realism of the oppressed as any novel set in South Ame

For anyone who is interested in magical realism, Zoe Brooks blog is probably the most comprehensive in the genre. http://magic-realism-b...

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C.E. Medford

Apr 30, 2015
1 min

Be

You're useful where you are. Needed. You matter. You don't need to fly to a disaster, or sell the family silver. Be nice. Help. Be someth...

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C.E. Medford

Mar 5, 2015
1 min

Glow in the Dark

The stars on the ceiling of my Demarest dorm room while the Ink Spots are playing and everyone is drinking herbal tea. The pyjama botto...

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