Category Archives: writing

Taboo Topics

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Michelle O'Neil

*(image from Women on Writing). I’ve had the honor of being featured at Women on Writing today. I have not been writing about Daughter of the Drunk at the Bar much, because I’d been grappling with a lot of emotions around … Continue reading →

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Take Nine

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Michelle O'Neil

My friend Cindy Washabaugh is part of a poetry group here in Cleveland. They call themselves Take Nine. They have been together for over a dozen years. There are nine members, thus the name. All of them are seriously talented. … Continue reading →

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Girls Who Read

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Michelle O'Neil

This video was brought to my attention by Laura E. Goodin, Cafe Poet at Yours and Owls a hip little coffee shop in Wollongong. Laura is the coolest. She does cool stuff. She’s a great writer and a great teacher. … Continue reading →

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Reading follow up

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Michelle O'Neil

This evening, I had the most wonderful follow up phone chat with Terre (my fellow reader the other night). She’s done lots of readings before and said she’s never seen one with as much warmth as the folks that turned … Continue reading →

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The Reading

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Michelle O'Neil

There is a scene in my book, where I bought this really sexy dress to impress my boyfriend on New Year’s Eve. I was 17. It seemed like a good idea at the time. Then, on the big day,  I … Continue reading →

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I did not faint

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Michelle O'Neil

The photo below was taken by my friend and neighbor Heidi, (@highhoney if you want to follow her on Twitter, and you’ll want to because she’s funny)before the reading got started. It went well. Busy day ahead. Will post more … Continue reading →

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Reading at Mac’s Backs

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Michelle O'Neil

This Saturday at Mac’s Backs, I have my first reading ever. I’m trying not to over-think it. I’m trying not to under-think it. I want to be prepared. I sort of feel like I’ve gotten on a roller coaster ride and … Continue reading →

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Sunburned Faces, Part 1

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Michelle O'Neil

Some of you who read this blog, probably read Jeneil Russell’s blog too. She writes beautifully of family life, autism, and faith, always faith. And she has this way of making you fall in love with whomever she loves. Her … Continue reading →

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I’m nothing if not insecure

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Michelle O'Neil

Thank you to writer Lisa Romeo, for allowing me to work out my existential angst over at her blog today. She asked me to guest post re: self-pub, and surprisingly even to me, this is what bubbled up.   Tweet This … Continue reading →

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Censorship

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Michelle O'Neil

So I have this idea for a new book. And it is of the “inspirational” variety, but it has a different spin than most inspirational books. And I really, really want to write it, but the thing is, I keep … Continue reading →

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White Elephants

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Michelle O'Neil

Great review for Daughter of the Drunk at the Bar at Chynna Laird’s White Elephants blog! I thought writing a memoir would bring up a lot of stuff, and it did, but releasing it has excavated more layers and levels of insecurity … Continue reading →

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A Free Webinar with Author Jennifer Lauck

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Michelle O'Neil

We’d been writing all day under a big tent in a meadow. As we walked the dusty dirt road back to the outdoor kitchen at the Buddhist retreat center in the Colorado mountains, Jennifer Lauck, (award winning, best selling author … Continue reading →

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Inside This Memoir Writer’s Neurotic Head

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Michelle O'Neil

My ego is on a freaking rampage and having a ball! Self-judgement abounds. Sometimes I don’t know if my skin is really thick enough to be a writer. No, I have not received a bad review (yet). No, I have … Continue reading →

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Big Fun and Mac’s Backs After Tommy’s

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Michelle O'Neil

We went to the Coventry area for dinner tonight. It was too hot to cook. Attached to the wonderful Tommy’s restaurant is the infamous Mac’s Backs. A local independent. A Cleveland establishment. I brought some of my bumper stickers and … Continue reading →

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Introducing Daughter of the Drunk at the Bar

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Michelle O'Neil

So, I did it. Over the last several weeks I’ve had my head buried in all things indie publishing. I’ve read ’til my eyeballs ached. And ultimately, given the state of transition the publishing industry is in, and given the … Continue reading →

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