Nonfiction Writing

Jan
5
2012

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Recently when I picked up my youngest from preschool, a worker asked me how my novel was coming along. I said, “it’s not ready yet, but I’m working on it. I’m hoping to finish it this year.” Then she asked what it was about and I proceeded to tell her that it is about three moms from completely different lifestyles that have their own little support system for when their lives fall apart. Then I said, “it is women’s fiction.”

Her response: “Well, isn’t all fiction for women?”
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A Perfect Ten

November 3, 2011

This is my story, “A Perfect Ten,” that was released in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Find Your Happiness. Enjoy.   A Perfect Ten By Jamie Anne Richardson At 303 pounds, my size 32 frame was beyond fun-size… I was fat. Three kids into an 11-year marriage to a happily obese man, I still identified [...]

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Trick-or-treat and a barfing Yoda

October 31, 2011
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Ahhh… the memories of Halloweens past. The homemade robot costume from my childhood. The haystacks, open tombs, and ghosts that my father proudly displayed in our front yard. Scaring neighborhood children one year, and hosing them another. What great childhood recollections. But none topped my Halloween two years ago.

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New writing venue

October 19, 2011
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I have an additional writing venue at She is Dallas now. If you want to read more about my weight loss journey that has made me half the woman I once was (literally), check it out!

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Writer’s Life

July 28, 2011

The more I make writing part of my daily priority list, the more I find my characters talking to me. Whether it is nonfiction and I start remembering something my kids did that was worth writing a quick story about, or if it is fiction and the characters start building their own journey’s and life [...]

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News Flash: New story heading your way

July 24, 2011

I recently received word that my story, “A Perfect Ten,” will appear in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Finding Your Happiness! This essay is about my personal weight loss journey from 303 pounds to a size 10 just using calorie counting and exercise. It was my starting point to feeling like I really can achieve [...]

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Sixteen pink lines

July 14, 2011

Sixteen pink lines. Eight pregnancy tests with eight positives, and sixteen pink lines. Out of tears and out of pee, I was finally pregnant. The last several years had been filled with the ups and downs of infertility and miscarriage. My heart ached for a child I thought I would never hold in my arms. [...]

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