Author Archives: Amy Jo Cousins

Looking for Balance

I suck at this game. Balance. Except, of course, it’s not at all a game. Between Ferguson and thousands of people dying on a mountain in Iraq and Ma’lik Richmond playing football again as if that pesky rape conviction never … Continue reading

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Because I Didn’t Do Enough – #RWA14

I learned something about myself at RWA this year. Ok, I learned many things about myself. I learned that I cannot hang with Texas salsa—my Midwesterner taste buds are pepper-challenged. I learned that, yes, it’s still just as easy as … Continue reading

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When Heroes Fall

It’s been a rough couple of weeks. Scratch that. It’s been a rough couple of decades. My heroes, writers whose work I have loved with a passion, who I have admired and promoted and hoped to emulate some day, have … Continue reading

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