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Leslie Ferguson is an accomplished educator, editor, and writing coach. As a youth in foster care, she dreamed about becoming a teacher. After earning her teaching credential from the University of Redlands, she taught high school English at her alma mater for nearly two decades. During that time, she obtained a master’s degree in English literature and an MFA in creative writing from Chapman University. Her work has been published in numerous literary magazines and anthologies. A board member of the International Memoir Writers Association and an active member of the San Diego Writers and Editors Guild, So Say We All, and Poets Underground, Leslie lives with one husband and two cats in the greater San Diego area, where she binge-watches da ...more

Dealing with It

Today is one of those days. You know, the kind of day that grips you by the jaw, the throat, the heart? The kind that mangles you like a chew toy? I can’t explain it other than to say it’s LIFE. Might it be LIFE AS A WRITER? I’m not sure because I’ve been a …

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