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Everything must go: Sharing my secret
Everything must go: Sharing my secret
I don’t even know where to start. Most people start at the beginning, but that seems like so long ago and my mind is a jumbled mess. All I…
Amy Dodd Pilkington
May 14, 2019
Monsters are real. Find your breaking point.
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Reinventing yourself: Mourning, accepting, and moving forward
Reinventing yourself: Mourning, accepting, and moving forward
I am not the same person I used to be, and I have been mourning who I once was. My former self is gone. Dead. I’m not that person anymore…
Amy Dodd Pilkington
Feb 4, 2019
Amy Pilkington: Living with bipolar disorder
Amy Pilkington: Living with bipolar disorder
You know me as the author of Takaani, Casket Girls: Cities of the Dead, The Lesser of Two Evils, and bestselling series The Pin-up Girls…
Amy Dodd Pilkington
Jan 5, 2019
Amy Pilkington: Don’t ask me if I took my meds.
Amy Pilkington: Don’t ask me if I took my meds.
Asking a person with a mental illness if they took their meds is akin to asking a person who doesn’t have a mental illness if they need to…
Amy Dodd Pilkington
Jan 5, 2019
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Bragging While Complaining? You Are Not Happy.
Bragging While Complaining? You Are Not Happy.
Ok, folks. There is something that needs to be addressed. I do not enjoy doing this, but sometimes things must be said. After seeing the…
Amy Dodd Pilkington
Jan 16, 2021
Keep going, but how?
Keep going, but how?
It doesn’t really matter that I’m not capable of doing something right at this point. Writers gotta write, right? If you read my last…
Amy Dodd Pilkington
May 20, 2019
Dear fellow authors: We are not competitors.
Dear fellow authors: We are not competitors.
If you’ve spoken to more than an author or two, you know what I’m talking about. At least one of them enjoys seeing other authors struggle…
Amy Dodd Pilkington
Feb 22, 2019
The other woman isn’t your problem
The other woman isn’t your problem
Not a single day goes by that I don’t see someone talking about what they would do to the other woman or how another woman better not talk…
Amy Dodd Pilkington
Feb 21, 2019
Getting back up
Getting back up
I fell down. I smacked the ground pretty hard, and then I threw a huge pity party for myself. After spending far too much time wallowing…
Amy Dodd Pilkington
Feb 13, 2019
A dysfunctional family is still a family
A dysfunctional family is still a family
This is my truth. I have a family that doesn’t get along all at once. A couple may get together from time to time, but never the entire…
Brooke Cox
Feb 1, 2019
Haters and drama? No.
Haters and drama? No.
Haters and drama — two words I loathe. These words are overused, misused, and often used to excuse one’s bad behavior.
Amy Dodd Pilkington
Jan 23, 2019
One-uppers: Don’t waste your time
One-uppers: Don’t waste your time
We all know someone who has to one-up you every time you share good news or good fortune.
Amy Dodd Pilkington
Jan 16, 2019
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