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D. Jackson Leigh

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D. Jackson Leigh grew up barefoot and happy, swimming in farm ponds and riding rude ponies in rural south Georgia. Her love of reading was nurtured early on by her grandmother, an English teacher who patiently taught her to work New York Times crossword puzzles in the daily paper, and by her mother who stretched the slim family budget to bring home grocery store copies of Trixie Belden mysteries and Bobbsey Twins adventures that Jackson would sit up all night reading.

It was her passion for writing led her quite accidentally to a career in journalism and, ultimately, North Carolina where she lives with her small pack of three terror, uh, terriers.

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D. Jackson Leigh I would go to Alsea, Fletcher Delancey's fiction world. …moreI would go to Alsea, Fletcher Delancey's fiction world. (less)
D. Jackson Leigh Um...don't know because I haven't experienced it yet. I'm a career newspaper journalist, so I'm used to having to write under pressure. That's why I s…moreUm...don't know because I haven't experienced it yet. I'm a career newspaper journalist, so I'm used to having to write under pressure. That's why I sign contracts in advance. Some of my fellow writers prefer to write an entire book, then submit it even after they've written many. But I work best under pressure. If the words aren't flowing, I just start writing and grind it out slowly until they do flow faster. (less)
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Emancipation Day

Sunday was an emancipation day of for me — the close of a long chapter in my life and the opening of a new one when the sun dawned today. I am officially retired.

I’m filled with gleeful anticipation of what’s to come, but also with satisfaction as I look back over nearly 43 years as a journalist.

In all those years, every day was new and interesting. New stories about new issues. New projects. New

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“she’s not going to any boarding-school situation. Catherine and I agree on that. Kids need family. They’re not animals you send off to be trained.”
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D. Leigh D. wrote: "Martha wrote: "Ran barefoot on the farm? I wrote something about my childhood and going barefoot all summer and a Millennial writer thought we were poor. Actually, as a kid, I loved it! Except for ..."
Oh, but we were barefoot because we loved it. I remember begging my mother to let me shed my shoes in December once because it was 80 degrees outside. Her response, of course, was: "Are you crazy? This is December." That made no sense to me.


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D. Leigh Martha wrote: "Ran barefoot on the farm? I wrote something about my childhood and going barefoot all summer and a Millennial writer thought we were poor. Actually, as a kid, I loved it! Except for the time I got ..."

We were poor, but didn't realized it as kids. We always were well fed, but grew up wearing my cousins' hand-me-downs. I never realized we weren't at the lower end of middle class until I reached Junior High, where the girls started dividing into groups and judging you by your clothes.


Martha Miller Ran barefoot on the farm? I wrote something about my childhood and going barefoot all summer and a Millennial writer thought we were poor. Actually, as a kid, I loved it! Except for the time I got a bee sting on my foot.


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