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Anne Leigh Parrish @AnneLParrish

Award-winning novelist, short story writer & poet. In love with the power and beauty of the written word. Photography & women's rights enthusiast.

Joined April 2012
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“So what is wild? What is wilderness? What are dreams but an internal wilderness and what is desire but a wildness of the soul?” ― Louise Erdrich, The Blue Jay's Dance: A Birth Year #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #LitFic
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Edith Sloan, the rebellious, well-educated heroine of an open door returns in The Hedgerow to pursue her dreams of owning a thriving bookstore on Harvard Square and establishing a poetry press. Coming this summer from @UnsolicitedP! #HistoricalFiction buff.ly/42gj5Tv

The Hedgerow

It’s 1949, the freedom granted women by the Second Worl…

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What’s true for a short story is also true for a novel. Keep your facts straight. Keep your character in character until they’re pushed just too far. Consider the path of your story and how it leads the reader to their eventual understanding. #AmWriting
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My favorite place to read a book, hands down, is propped up in bed! Where is your favorite place to read a book? #AmReading #WritingCommunity
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I loved watching Perry Mason when I was a kid — the edgy black-and-white film, the unlikely plots, the relentless drive for truth. Not to mention the cars. What kid immersed in reruns doesn’t develop a passion for a ’57 Ford? What TV shows did you watch when you were a kid?
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Light and Shade, Arizona Check out more of my photography here: buff.ly/3J5I43m #Photography #Nature
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"If you think you see a face in the clouds, why not send a greeting? It can’t do any harm." — Mary Oliver, Blue Horses #Poetry #WritingCommunity
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Is there a book character you’d be best friends with? I’d be friends with Irene American, from Louise Erdrich’s novel Shadow Tag. I would want her to trust me about why she keeps two diaries — one truthful and the decoy she leaves for her snooping husband to find. #AmWriting
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Literary fiction is a strange yet compelling animal. So much emphasis on language, rhythm, imagery. And let’s not forget character. Some novels are all about the character and the mad world behind their eyes. What is something you focus on in your writing? #WritingCommunity
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"The stars began to burn through the sheets of clouds, and there was a new voice which you slowly recognized as your own." — Mary Oliver In case you didn’t already know, I’m a poetry fanatic. What poet's words do you connect to most? #Poetry #WritingCommunity
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Do you recall Edith Sloan from an open door? In the book, Edith felt trapped by her marriage to Walter but found freedom working in a local bookstore. Now, it’s 1949, and news about Walter has thrown Edith into a tailspin. Will she recover? The Hedgerow pubs 7/9/24
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Reading myself ten years after the fact is always odd, and sometimes uncomfortable, though I never cringe. I accept that I’m in a different place now, and will be in a new place a year hence. How do you feel when you read your old work? #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
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My latest novel, A Summer Morning, is available now! buff.ly/3re1fC4 #WritingCommunity #WomenWriters #LiteraryFiction #DomesticRealism
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“Hungry doe nibbles the hedge, no care for the gardener's hand Woman demands he meet her eye & look into her soul Citizen votes though the process is flawed, will not become Their fool” An excerpt from Resistance, from my #poetry collection, If the Sky Won’t Have Me
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What made you realize you wanted to be a writer? For me, it was the realization that I didn’t really have a choice but to write. It’s the only way I can tame the chaos in my head. #WritingCommunity #AmWriting
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Women-driven stories show how women change the world. The words spoken by a tough, resilient heroine can motivate young women and girls, giving them a role model to emulate, a way of being in a world other than as an object. #WomenWriters #InternationalWomensDay
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Happy International Women’s Day! Let’s keep on changing the world, my friends. #WomenWriters #InternationalWomensDay #WomensDay
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It’s so vital that we hear women’s stories — and that means ALL women. So many women in our world are not considered beautiful, and they have been harshly treated as a result. I love seeing them take center stage, making us pay attention, demanding our respect. #WomensDay
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