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Updated Submission Guidelines for Middle-Pause
Updated Submission Guidelines for Middle-Pause
We want women to write for us!
Debbie Walker
Apr 29
Exciting News! Middle-Pause Is Part of the Boost Program!
Exciting News! Middle-Pause Is Part of the Boost Program!
That makes me, Debbie Walker, a Booster for you.
Debbie Walker
May 1
How I Approach Editing Your Story on Middle-Pause
How I Approach Editing Your Story on Middle-Pause
With as much gentle encouragement as I can.
Marilyn Flower
Nov 19, 2020
My Journey from Writer to Editor and Podcaster
My Journey from Writer to Editor and Podcaster
The publication that gave me my purpose back.
Debbie Walker
Nov 2, 2020
The Women of Middle-Pause Keep Me Going
The Women of Middle-Pause Keep Me Going
When I feel like quitting.
Debbie Walker
Nov 10, 2020
Self-Editing Tip #10: Handy Self-Editing Check List and Reference Guide
Self-Editing Tip #10: Handy Self-Editing Check List and Reference Guide
Use this before you submit to Middle-Pause. Please.
Marilyn Flower
Jun 22
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Getting My Boobs Smashed in a Vice Is Not My Idea of a Good Time
Getting My Boobs Smashed in a Vice Is Not My Idea of a Good Time
Ten minutes of discomfort is worth the peace of mind
Chevie Hanssler
Sep 21
Help! My Friend Has Breast Cancer!
Help! My Friend Has Breast Cancer!
What should I say or do? Or NOT do?
Linda Spangle
Sep 21
How To Explore Your Inner Child Through Your Favourite Fairytales
How To Explore Your Inner Child Through Your Favourite Fairytales
It’s never too late to learn something new about yourself
Barbara Carter
Sep 21
Birth, Healthcare, and Death Are on the Same Continuum
Birth, Healthcare, and Death Are on the Same Continuum
Dying can be sneaky. We may not see it coming.
Willow Baum
Sep 21
Healing Music–a Therapeutic Tool for Learning to Speak after a Stroke
Healing Music–a Therapeutic Tool for Learning to Speak after a Stroke
Not only that, it’s proven effective in reducing pain and stress
Marilyn Flower
Sep 21
The Day I Schooled a Government Employee On Menopausal Women
The Day I Schooled a Government Employee On Menopausal Women
When a certain warden went fishing for trouble
Deb Palmer
Sep 20
Perfect Focaccia
Perfect Focaccia
My favorite puffy, chewy, delightfully “everything you could want” Italian bread
Linda Lum
Sep 20
End of Summer Tomato Salad
End of Summer Tomato Salad
Sometimes simplest is best
Michele Cambardella
Sep 20
Evolution of Life’s Four Pillars: How Our Health, Wealth, Love, and Purpose Shape Our Aging
Evolution of Life’s Four Pillars: How Our Health, Wealth, Love, and Purpose Shape Our Aging
From strength to wisdom through this journey called life.
Krista Bennett
Sep 20
When grief leads to self-awareness
When grief leads to self-awareness
How unexpected loss helped me find myself.
Conceivably Me
Sep 20
New Mexico’s State Cookie is a Little Taste of Home
New Mexico’s State Cookie is a Little Taste of Home
Anise and cinnamon-flavored memories
Karen Fayeth
Sep 18
Is True Love Enough To Weather The Storms Of Life?
Is True Love Enough To Weather The Storms Of Life?
Marriage is a tsunami of feelings, expectations, and family dynamics; what matters most is where you stand in its wake.
Toni The Talker
Sep 18
How ‘The Artist’s Way’ Can Change Your Creative Life
How ‘The Artist’s Way’ Can Change Your Creative Life
If you let it
Lisa A. McCombs
Sep 18
“Music is that Divine Way to Tell Beautiful, Poetic Things to the Heart”
“Music is that Divine Way to Tell Beautiful, Poetic Things to the Heart”
So said Pablo Casals. Now the question is, what say you?
Marilyn Flower
Sep 18
In My Fifties, Going Out Doesn’t Hold the Allure It Once Did
In My Fifties, Going Out Doesn’t Hold the Allure It Once Did
I’m perfectly content to stay home on the weekends
Chevie Hanssler
Sep 17
Change the Story You are Telling Yourself about Aging
Change the Story You are Telling Yourself about Aging
Our stories have the power to create our life. Make sure you are creating a good one.
Beth Bruno
Sep 17
Crespeli Spinache (Spinach Crepes)
Crespeli Spinache (Spinach Crepes)
An easier way of making manicotti
Linda Lum
Sep 17
Why Now, You May Ask?
Why Now, You May Ask?
Why do this now?
Barbara Carter
Sep 17
I Lost My Vision, Temporarily, in My Left Eye Two Weeks after Lens Replacement Surgery
I Lost My Vision, Temporarily, in My Left Eye Two Weeks after Lens Replacement Surgery
But I would do it all over again to have perfect vision
Erika Burkhalter
Sep 16
Pimples and Wrinkles: Thanks a Lot, Perimenopause
Pimples and Wrinkles: Thanks a Lot, Perimenopause
Do these pimples at least make me look like a teenager?
Michele Maize
Sep 16
The Joy of Curry Goat
The Joy of Curry Goat
A favourite childhood meal is now my signature dish
Marla Bishop
Sep 15
Retro Recipes — Butterscotch Biscuits
Retro Recipes — Butterscotch Biscuits
I was lucky enough to have Home-Ec Class in the 1960s, and here’s one of the best recipes.
Linda Lum
Sep 15
Faces of Depression
Faces of Depression
Take Off The Mask
Jo Lovatt - (KryptaKitty)
Sep 14
To Share or Not to Share Your Bed, That is the Question
To Share or Not to Share Your Bed, That is the Question
A modern-day adaptation from a time-honoured tradition.
Vanessa Brown
Sep 14
I Got a Bad Case of the Low-Down Dirty-Flirty Sugar Addict Desperation Blues
I Got a Bad Case of the Low-Down Dirty-Flirty Sugar Addict Desperation Blues
Even though I know how bad it is — for my bones, especially
Marilyn Flower
Sep 14
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