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Miranda Gargasz is a writer from a small suburb outside Cleveland, Ohio. Her essays have appeared in The Christian Science Monitor and The Hufftington Post. Her work also appears in several anthologies. She is the author of the non-fiction books Lemonade and Holy Stuff: Collected Essays. Plus Size Mama, and More Than A Village. Haunting Suspicion is her first fiction piece. She is currently working on a novel entitled Dragonfly about cherishing what you have before it's lost. ...more

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	Haunting Suspicion 4.31 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Lemonade and Holy Stuff: Collected Essays 4.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2014 — 4 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
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	Plus Size Mama: An overweight mom gets real about weight loss 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 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
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Stephen King said in his book On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft that all writers must begin their work writing with the door closed. After it's done, write with the door open. Basically, he means at some point we have to let the world in to read what we spend so many hours on, scribbling away. For the naturally introverted, opening that door is one of the hardest things we do as writers.

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“My single greatest achievement was in breaking the cycle of abuse. As a mother I make sure to tell my children every day how much I love them. As we go through life together I try to teach them about how special they are, and how they should love others. I try to tell them that sometimes bad things happen, but we have the power to learn and grow from them—to make lemonade from all the lemons.”
― Miranda Gargasz, Lemonade and Holy Stuff: Collected Essays

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“The people who matter most will see. What matters is that you live your life for you, not by what somebody else says is possible.”
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