There's a face in my mirror; somehow, I know it's me.

Rachel McCarron

Writing, music, care of the elderly, and hula hooping. Find me on Litopia @sedayne
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Rachel McCarron is known inside the Colony as Sedayne

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The Joy of Lit Mags

While my first novel is tentatively making its way towards agents who already have too much to read, I’ve been wondering which other slush-piles might...
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When I Think of Blue

When I think of blue, I think of music.  Not necessarily the blues, although that idiom applies.  I think of Running Gun Blues, Silly Boy...
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The Untidy Desk

In an effort to repossess the poet’s soul I sold to Reality thirty years ago, I decided to tackle a form with some constraint.  Like...
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Everything Is Going to Be Alright

It’s been a pretty bad week for me. It started last Monday when I took my mum for an appointment with the gynaecologist. She’s currently...
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Murmuration

Blackpool has a long tourist season that runs from Easter to Christmas each year, but the biggest seaside spectacular takes place throughout the winter months...
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My First Crit

Do you remember your first time?  Was it exciting?  Were you nervous?  Did you just want to get it over with? One of the most...
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My Resolution (Or a List of Books)

As the old year comes to a close, I think about things I am grateful for and about fostering good habits for the new year...
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Just Another Day

I don’t want to bring you down, but Christmas isn’t always fun for me.  It’s a difficult time for a lot of people.  The pressure...
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Creativity: A Risky Behaviour

There has long been an association between mental illness and creativity with seemingly endless examples of successful creatives affected by anxiety, depression, bipolar and other...
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