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Chila Woychik

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Born

in Germany

July 08

Website

http://chilawoychik.com

Genre

Nonfiction, Poetry, Mystery

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Annie Dillard, Ellen Meloy, Judith Kitchen, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Emil ...more

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October 2009

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Average rating: 4.48 · 31 ratings · 15 reviews · 15 distinct works

	On Being a Rat and Other Observations 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Singing the Land: A Rural Chronology by Chila Woychik (Goodreads Author), Stephanie E. Dickinson (Contributor) 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Book of Sylvari 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Attack of the 50 Ft. Slush Pile: Humor & Pathos in Small Press Publishing (Volume 1) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How Evangelicals Can Write Better 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Trail: A Maddie Hill Mystery 2 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of Common Sense Writing, Editing, and Small Press Publishing liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Query (A Maddie Hill Mystery #1) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	SlipSail & Wander: poems and short stories for all ages 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I continue to live inside a dichotomy: what was and what shall be. The pain in my skull is me trying to mesh the two.”
― Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

tags: cognitive-dissonance, dichotomy, stream-of-consciousness, writing

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“When reading a book, one hopes it doesn’t turn into a painful process. Predictable is bad enough. Laborious is acceptable if the labor produces fruit. But with painfully bad writing, all one can do is grab a hatchet, slice off its head, and bury it.”
― Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

tags: bad-writing, creativity, on-being-a-rat, writing, writing-life

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“I am Frustration. I am Memory-Lost. Sometimes I read a line a dozen times before it sticks. My creative force has slipped. I type slower, speak slower, think at a snail’s pace. I’m Life shapeshifted by Post Traumatic Stress, bastardized by Fate.”
― Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

tags: creative-losses, fate, post-traumatic-stress, post-traumatic-stress-disorder, writing

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“In this book, much is metaphorical, not as it seems. It’s written for writing’s sake, as if I were to say, “Let me tell you I’m dying.” Well of course I am. So are you.”
― Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

tags: metaphors, writing, writing-process

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“This isn’t a religious book though I mention God, not a medical advisory though I speak of pain. It’s a circus, a mortuary, a grade school, a limousine ride. Will it be worth the paper it’s printed on or the screen you hold in your hand? I just hope you remember it next week.”
― Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

tags: writing, writing-process

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“A mist rises from a nearby mound. It could be me, that mist, or simply the caretaker’s mower-dust. If the breeze blows just right, I’ll ghost your solid, entwine your hair. Promise me you won’t shampoo, but carry me along, tiny dust-particles of me.”
― Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

tags: death, metaphor, stream-of-consciousness, writing

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“I continue to live inside a dichotomy: what was and what shall be. The pain in my skull is me trying to mesh the two.”
― Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

tags: cognitive-dissonance, dichotomy, stream-of-consciousness, writing

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“Life is flinching in the midst of breathing, gasping at the thought of dying. It’s climbing ropeless up sheer rock faces, groping for the next finger-hole of hope. Steady on! Only a thousand feet to go and after that a jungle, a minefield, a rapids. (Can I stop smiling now?)
Once, not long ago, I was flung off the cliff of the moment, thrust into an illicit relationship with destiny, an affair not of my making. Was I making love or being raped? The lines were fuzzy.”
― Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations