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Deah Curry PhD

Corrosion of Shame Leads to Self-Sabotage

Author's Note: This piece was written on 11 Sept 2009, which Facebook today reminded me about. I had been provoked by a posted image...

Deah, Indie Author

Rest in Power Jimmy Buffet

The first time I’d ever heard of Jimmy Buffet was in a honkytonk in Germany. Growing up in the suburban Midwest of the 1950s and 60s, I...

Deah, Indie Author

Excerpt from Hot Flashes: The Kindness of Strangers at Altitude

Her lungs were about to burst. She never had trouble with the altitude in the mountains as a kid. Ellyn wasn’t a kid anymore, though, and...

Deah, Indie Author

Write for Your Life: 7 Tips for Memoirs

Got the urge to write? Thinking about doing a memoir? Unsure what will make it worth reading? With three memoirs under my belt, a fourth...

Deah Curry PhD

Be Warned: Again They Come

Deah, Indie Author

Behind Hot Flashes: A Month of Mini Fiction

HOW THIS BOOK CAME INTO BEING Writer's Digest has been a resource I have relied on for nearly 50 years. Back in the day when I wrote...