Creative Fear
Why the things we fear the most may be the things worth writing about
Alice’s Substack
Penwoman, Migraine Advocate, Hurricane Warrior. Transformation, resilience, and adaptability, my stories weave lived experience into looking at the world from 65 and writing about it. (Dragonfly painting by Paul Pascarella, 1997)
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