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Grave Talk

March 25, 2012March 25, 2012 Betsy

Another Friday the 13th is fast approaching, bringing Stephen King thoughts. I admit to occasionally imagining plots that tend toward the horror genre with cemeteries, aliens, demon possession. I think I could write […]

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 storytelling, writing  Alice Hoffman, Brooklyn, cemeteries, Edgar Allan Poe, Friday the 13th, Green-Wood Cemetery, horror stories, magical realism, Stephen King  Leave a comment

Driven to Attraction

February 5, 2012 Betsy

I’ve not driven off the road yet but the advent of smart phones has meant that I often find myself trying to click, shift, stay in my lane and not […]

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 storytelling, writing  Acton MA, Concord MA, phone camera, smart phone  1 Comment

Nobody Talks About Talking

October 24, 2011October 24, 2011 Betsy

No one really talks about talking. I mean the talking that happens with a therapist. If we did, the stigma might drop away. People who are skittish with the idea might […]

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 storytelling, writing  creativity, Danforth Museum, Examined life, Helen Meyrowitz, Neelie James  1 Comment

Room Enough for Me

October 10, 2011October 10, 2011 Betsy

I read Virginia Woolf”s A Room of One’s Own years ago on a flight to San Francisco. I’m a fiercely fast writer and a seriously slow reader, so the slender […]

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Scary Stories. Oh My.

August 28, 2011September 4, 2011 Betsy

Erica Ferencik asked if I’d read and blurb her novel. I said of course. And what’s it about? “A paranormal thriller about reincarnation and a mother who comes back as a viper.” […]

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 storytelling, writing  ball python, Betsy Fitzgerald, Erica Ferencik, horror stories, paranormal thriller, Repeaters, scary stories, Stephen King  Leave a comment

Not Fit to Print

August 14, 2011August 14, 2011 Betsy

I listen to WGBH and Morning Edition on my morning drives from Groton into work. I follow the New York Times and Boston Globe. I like to think that I […]

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 life, writing  Betsy Fitzgerald, John Breen, Patch, The Groton Line, The New Yorker, UCONN journalism  4 Comments

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