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Denise DeSio

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Denise DeSio spent her first 40 years in Brooklyn, New York. She moved to Phoenix in 1993, but she still considers herself a New Yorker. She graduated magna cum laude with a BA from Brooklyn College and took a full Masters course in English Literature. Denise is a member of the Arizona Author's Association and a past recipient of the notable Soroptimist Award for her essay writing. Rose's Will, her debut novel, has elicited unanimous 5-star reviews on Amazon.

For the past 6 years, Denise has turned her attention to editing, her dream job.

Denise has two wonderful adult children, who miraculously thrived despite her parenting.

When she's not writing, reading, glued to the computer or belting one out on the karaoke machine, she's addicted to p
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Denise DeSio I spent one year with a narcissist, who drove me half insane. I stayed for another year and went completely crazy.
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toughIn my last blog, which was quite some time ago, I was all about exploring my vulnerability. You’ll be happy to know that I’m over it now. I’ve learned that vulnerability is perfectly fine when one is alone. Add other people and you have to be tough.


By it’s very definition vulnerability makes you “susceptible to emotional damage.”People hurt you when you make yourself vulnerable. You let them seeyo

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