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Guest post: Ichabod’s 10 taste-tastic tips for dealing with writing rejections

13 Comments / Writing / Teika Marija Smits

Note from Marija: Today I am delighted to be able to publish a post by my guest blogger, Ichabod “No […]

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The Editor (and creative contributor) to Her Book

17 Comments / Art, Creativity, Psychology, Reflections, Short story / Teika Marija Smits

Just the other day I officially signed off The Forgotten and the Fantastical 2 with the printers. I am relieved.

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Limerence, long-term love and short stories

8 Comments / Art, Creativity, Psychology, Writing / Teika Marija Smits

I’ve had this post in my head for a while, and although I’d hoped to publish it on Valentine’s Day,

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A Christmas argument… and cognitive dissonance

14 Comments / Communication, Psychology, Reflections, Self-reflection / Teika Marija Smits

As some of you already know, as an HSP I’m slow to react to stuff. Which is why I’m not

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Light and dark and the idea of hope

16 Comments / Art, Creativity, Family life, Psychology, Reflections, Writing / Teika Marija Smits

The world seems like a very dark place at the moment. A short while ago, when I heard about the

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Social media, high sensitivity and overwhelm

24 Comments / Family life, Psychology, Reflections, Self-reflection, Writing / Teika Marija Smits

As an HSP (Highly Sensitive Person) I often find the world overwhelming. Sometimes I think it would have been good

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Grief, and why it’s useful to grieve

29 Comments / Art, Communication, Psychology, Reflections, Self-reflection / Teika Marija Smits

I’ve been thinking about grief a lot recently. When I begin to type ‘Marija Smits’ into my Google search bar

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Three year blogging anniversary and a giveaway

20 Comments / Art, Reflections / Teika Marija Smits

I began this blog 3 years ago and I’m proud to say that despite all the busyness of home and

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On our summer holiday, reading, writing and having an epiphany

23 Comments / Art, Creativity, Family life, Poetry, Reading, Writing / Teika Marija Smits

As it seems to have been an age since I last blogged (though I’m still just about managing the once-a-month

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Overwhelm, publishing and our favourite children’s books

18 Comments / Art, Family life, Reading, Writing / Teika Marija Smits

Things have been super-hectic here, what with the usual summer activities – Sports Day, the school play and the village

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Dear highly sensitive soul

26 Comments / Art, Breastfeeding, Family life, Mothering, Poetry, Self-reflection, Writing / Teika Marija Smits

Welcome to the June 2015 Carnival of Natural Parenting: Talking to Yourself This post was written for inclusion in the

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First novel thoughts

16 Comments / Art, Creativity, Reflections, Self-reflection, Writing / Teika Marija Smits

I recently finished editing the manuscript of my first novel, which I started writing about 10 years ago. At this

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