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How to Quit Your Job and Write for a Living

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Want to Write Full-Time? Here’s what you need to know…

Love to write? Do you dream of leaving your office job for a full-time freelance writing career? Being a writer makes use of your creative side while keeping your mind sharp with challenges. There’s pride in making use of your problem-solving skills. Working for yourself can be the answer to hating a job riddled with office politics, gossip and cloying managers and there’s nothing worse than a helicopter boss hovering by your desk and just making you want to scream.

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Kate Spade Was Not Selfish – Dorri Olds told CBS News – Kate was Mentally ill

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Kate Spade’s death shines light on alarming increase in suicide rates. ©2018 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved.

NEW YORK — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) put out an alarming report Thursday on suicide. Nearly 45,000 Americans took their lives in 2016, more than those who died in car accidents or opioid overdoses. The issue is receiving heightened attention after designer Kate Spade took her own life this week.

A medical examiner on Thursday determined Kate Spade, 55, died from suicide by hanging.

“It’s about mental illness,” said writer Dorri Olds, who said she understands what Spade must have been feeling.

The 56-year-old says she tried to commit suicide multiple times before getting help.

“Even with the best intentions, I don’t think Kate could have snapped herself out of it,” Olds said. “When you’re suicidal, you’re not thinking about anybody else, and it’s not because you’re selfish, it’s because you’re not well.”

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Health OP-ED Ms. Diagnoses: Women’s Lives Are at Risk

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National Women’s Health Week is May 13–19. During that time the Coalition for Women’s Health Equity convened by Hadassah will hold its second annual summit in Washington, DC. The Coalition’s 28 members include the American Heart Association, Black Women’s Health Imperative, WomenAgainstAlzheimer’s, N.O.W., Planned Parenthood, and other organizations fighting for gender equity in medical prevention, research, funding, and quality care.

Ashley Judd Reads Inspiring Letter at Time’s Up Event

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We can heal. That has been my experience. We may not, admittedly, know how to, or even from what we need to heal. It may be the event itself, or vivid or dull memories of it, and it is entirely plausible that we don’t even remember the event. There is a police record of a time I was sexually assaulted in high school. I was wearing a green and gold cheerleader uniform, my mother tells me. It was in a local store, and I have no memory of that crime. We may not even think we need to heal, that maybe we’ve just had some crappy relationships. Whatever trauma looks like in our lives, feelings can be healed.

Healing is our birthright. It was not our birthright to be sexually harassed or assaulted or raped based on social constructs of gender, biology, sex, identity, orientation, ethnicity, race, ability, or any intersection thereof. It is our birthright to know in our bones that it wasn’t our fault. We humans hurt each other, and sometimes we hurt ourselves, but we can make decisions and take actions that free us.

Charitybuzz and Tribeca Film Institute Auction Lunch with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino

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Tribeca Film Institute and Charitybuzz are bringing Robert De Niro and Al Pacino back together for one lucky person. The highest bidder (plus 1 guest) will have a private lunch in New York City, courtesy of De Niro. Poceeds will benefit the Tribeca Film Institute, which provides funding and resources to diverse groups of exceptional filmmakers and media artists, empowering these storytellers to be catalysts for change in their communities and around the world.

#Tribeca2018 Gearing Up For Another Tribeca Film Festival with Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro

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#TFF2018 Anniversaries and Reunions include Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece (winner of 7 Oscars), Schindler’s List, will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a special post-screening conversation featuring Spielberg and actors Liam Neeson, Sir Ben Kingsley, Embeth Davidtz, and more. Scarface, one of the most referenced and revered films in pop culture, will celebrate its 35th anniversary with a screening and conversation featuring De Palma and actors Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer.

Ask A Trainer: Why Do Dogs Do That?

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Greg Kleva is a celebrity in the dog world. He’s a professional dog behavioral therapist and master trainer with Bark Busters Home Dog training. Greg hosts, “It’s a Dog’s Life” on Martha Stewart Living Radio on Sirius XM 110. He makes frequent guest appearances on TV shows and has had many articles written about him and his training methods. Lucky for us, he agreed to sit down for an interview with Dorri Olds.

What to Expect at #ASJA2018 Writers Conference • May 18–19, 2018 • New York City

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#ASJA2018 offers 46 instructive panel sessions and workshops, plus three dynamic keynote speakers over two days guaranteed to help you grow as a writer, plus the opportunity for one-on-one meetings with editors, agents and publishers. ASJA stands as the country’s leading and most prestigious association of successful journalists, authors and nonfiction and literary nonfiction writers. Keynote Speaker Daniel Jones, NYTimes; Dorri Olds, Advanced Track Chair, Nancy Dunham, Intermediate Track Chair; and Carolyn Crist, Beginner Track Chair. Two more Keynote Speakers are authors Aimee Ross and Katherine Reynolds Lewis.

Writers Learn to Earn at #ASJA2018

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American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) 47th Annual Writers Conference • Navigate. Motivate. Captivate. Register Now to Save! To learn more about the Conference and How to Join click here This year’s New York City conference will be held at the Sheraton Times Square Hotel 811 7th Avenue at West 53rd Street, New York City. Friday, May … Read more