This is a List of Books that Include Writing by Dorri Olds
Dorri Olds has been published in many book anthologies including the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, and edited the memoir about Frank Zappa by his younger brother Bobby Zappa. The post This is a...
View ArticleSocial Media Tricks: What Works, What’s a Turnoff
May 21 Writers Panel, NYC, American Society of Journalists & Authors (ASJA) The Latest Social Media Tricks. What Works, What’s a Turnoff Dorri Olds, Sacha Scoblic, Estelle Erasmus, Marcelle...
View ArticleColumbine Survivor Austin Eubanks Opens Up About His Addiction After the...
Written for The Fix Austin Eubanks survived the Columbine shooting but almost lost everything after his addiction took him to the brink. “I could literally get whatever I wanted. Telling them I’d been...
View ArticleWhy Does the FDA Care About Kratom?
It's caused no overdose deaths. It feels like coffee and a light painkiller. Is there any reason for the FDA to crack down on kratom? The post Why Does the FDA Care About Kratom? appeared first on...
View ArticleDefriending My Rapist: personal essay in THE NEW YORK TIMES!
I clicked "Add Friend." He accepted within minutes. Stunned, I wondered if he had forgotten raping me. Defriending my rapist on Facebook. The post Defriending My Rapist: personal essay in THE NEW YORK...
View ArticleHe Had AIDS and I Had Hepatitis C: A Love Story
Published by Marie Claire AIDS + Hepatitis C = Love How we found each other amidst addiction, ongoing sobriety, and life-threatening illness. One girlfriend slipped a mickey into my coffee,” he said,...
View ArticleTasmanian Angel Leads Hep C Sufferers to Affordable Meds
Australian Greg Jefferys was near death with Hep C. The exorbitant cost of HCV treatment set him on a sojourn to find generic pills. Now he is cured and saving lives by helping strangers gain access to...
View ArticleI Posed Nude To Get Over My Body Issues
I spent years fantasy photoshopping myself. I wanted to be tall and slim like Giselle, but my ankles were too thick. I was knock-kneed and short. My hair was brunette and my skin olive. I tried to wish...
View ArticleBusinesswomen Are Becoming A Driving Force In The Marijuana Industry
Female entrepreneurs are taking the reins in the budding marijuana industry. Primal Therapeutics, Women in Weed, Women Grow, Puff, Pass & Paint, Mason Jar Event Group The post Businesswomen Are...
View ArticleThe Darkest Night of My Addiction
Cockroaches scampered up the bed and scurried across my Greenwich Village apartment floor. A tarantula writhed atop my dresser. I knew I was hallucinating. The empty liter of Bacardi rum glared at me...
View Article#WriterWednesday
On this #WriterWednesday I am cheering myself up because 2016 was so bizarre. The weirdness weirded everybody I know out. Since my natural born tendency is to veer toward dark thoughts, I am making a...
View ArticleMy WWII Army Captain Dad, Donald Trump, and Veteran’s Day
My Dad, David Mark Olds (1920-2009), was a US Army Captain during WWII. He was at Dachau Concentration Camp the day they freed the prisoners. Dad said that the smell of burned human flesh is something...
View ArticleWomen’s March • Jan 21, 2017 New York City
A wire clothes hanger bearing the stark message: Never Again. The woman marching next to me saw this sign and confided that her mother had nearly bled to death after the self-administered abortion of...
View ArticleAmerican Society of Journalists and Authors Writers Conference in May
Pivot. Publish. Prosper. That is the theme of this year's American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) writers conference. The ASJA is holding its annual conference at Roosevelt Hotel on May 5...
View ArticleASJA Writers Conference ‘Tackling Tough Topics’
ASJA Writers Conference, 'Tackling Tough Topics' - Though many writers feel compelled to write about a difficult life circumstance, loss, or grief, it’s important to know how to structure content, what...
View ArticleSweet Reads presents Leigh Stein, Court Stroud, Dorri Olds and Andy Marino
On February 23 at 6:30 pm "Sweet Reads" at Joyce Bakeshop (646 Vanderbilt Avenue, Brooklyn) will feature the amazing Leigh Stein, author of three books and co-founder of Out of the Binders, a 501c3...
View ArticleBook Anthologies: Essays and Short Stories by Dorri Olds
Here is a listing of the book anthologies that have published creative nonfiction by Dorri Olds. This list includes personal essays and short stories and includes Chicken Soup for the Soul books. The...
View ArticleHow to Accept a Compliment with Grace | by Wendy Toth and Power Pantsuiting
I was the youngest of three girls and was born a ham. I love attention—thrive on it really. So I’ve never been one to shy away from any limelight I can grab. When somebody gives me a compliment I grin...
View ArticleInterview about The Destruction of Hillary Clinton by Susan Bordo for the...
How did an extraordinarily well-qualified, experienced, and admired candidate — whose victory would have been as historic as Barack Obama’s — come to be seen as a tool of the establishment, a chronic...
View Article#WriterWednesday
On this #WriterWednesday I am cheering myself up because 2016 was so bizarre. The weirdness weirded everybody I know out. Since my natural born tendency is to veer toward dark thoughts, I am making a...
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