Rebecca Petruck
Pitch Wars: MG & Me!
I'm so excited to have mentored so many wonderful writers! Get to know: Emily Deibert: @emilydeibert & read our PW team interview. She's...
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Rebecca Petruck
- Mar 2, 2018
- 3 min
Peak at Writing With PEAK
Genius or innate talent likely doesn’t exist. This inspiring conclusion from decades of research by psychologist Anders Ericsson,...
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Rebecca Petruck
- Jan 31, 2018
- 2 min
Her Name is Morrigan: Problems of Consent in NEVERMOOR by Jessica Townsend
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend is a magical adventure with a girl as the main character. I want to love it,...
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Rebecca Petruck
- Oct 20, 2016
- 2 min
On Women and “Fat Asses”
Recently, a friend posted this: “I fit my fat ass into a pair of size medium pants.” It’s not the first time a thin friend has referred...
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Rebecca Petruck
- Sep 10, 2016
- 3 min
How We Talk About Suicide: Stop Using the Word "Selfish"
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day, so I wanted to share a post I wrote for a site that has since closed. Some of you will have read...
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Rebecca Petruck
- Nov 23, 2015
- 8 min
An Interview Between Me and My Pitch Wars Mentee!
Priscilla Mizell was my Pitch Wars mentee, and she is completely awesome. Visit her web site at priscillamizell.com and follow her on...
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Rebecca Petruck
- Nov 5, 2015
- 2 min
On Thinking Our Lives
This month I leave the NC coast for the mountains. It was a decision made of necessity, and my struggles this past year were worsened by...
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Rebecca Petruck
- Oct 2, 2015
- 2 min
On Slowness
My rule of three: If I notice something three times, I pay extra attention. I've pondered lately how Expectations affect my perception of...
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Rebecca Petruck
- Jun 23, 2015
- 2 min
I Thought It Was Just Me by Brené Brown
When I read I Thought It Was Just Me (But It Isn’t): Making the Journey from “What Will People Think?” to “I am Enough” by Brené Brown,...
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Rebecca Petruck
- Dec 27, 2013
- 2 min
HOPE IS A FERRIS WHEEL by Robin Herrera
HOPE IS A FERRIS WHEEL by Robin Herrera is lovely. I don’t use that word lightly because for some that translates to precious, which is...
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Rebecca Petruck
- Oct 22, 2013
- 1 min
A Haunted Halloween Tale of Horror
This is a poem I wrote for my parents when I was a freshman in college. Proof, clearly, that I was long destined for writerly greatness....
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