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ABANDONING MYSELF AND CALLING IT SURRENDER
on shifting spirituality & using spiritual practices to hide from ourselves
Oct 12, 2022
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Eryn Sunnolia
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welcome to joy notes
writings on being stretched wide by beauty, grief, and the full spectrum of aliveness
Jul 20, 2022
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Eryn Sunnolia
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How to Start a Novel (for Poets and Creative Nonfiction Writers)
"The difference between memoir and fiction is permission to lie." - Elizabeth McCracken
Dec 30, 2025
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Eryn Sunnolia
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Dealing with creative rejection
Sep 30, 2023
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Eryn Sunnolia
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Craft lessons from Saltburn for writers
Feb 2, 2024
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Eryn Sunnolia
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Lessons learned from writing erotica
Jun 18, 2024
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Eryn Sunnolia
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Social media only ever gave me the promise of being happy, not actual happiness
May 18, 2023
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Eryn Sunnolia
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Being in The Hanged One card
Feb 29, 2024
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TRANSFORMATIONAL PAIN & THE PAIN THAT KEEPS US STUCK
Dec 29, 2022
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Eryn Sunnolia
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Ordinary Moments: Writing Flash Creative Nonfiction
writing the moments that make up our lives
Jun 17, 2025
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Eryn Sunnolia
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Wedding Planning
a flash essay in River Teeth's Beautiful Things. + see you at AWP?
Mar 22, 2025
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Eryn Sunnolia
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I-70 West
more flash creative nonfic for you!
Jan 31, 2025
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Eryn Sunnolia
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Honeymoon
a flash piece in TINGE Magazine
Jan 3, 2025
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Substitute
a flash creative non-fiction piece in Vast Chasm
Oct 24, 2024
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Eryn Sunnolia
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7 Books Reimagining Queer Histories
a reading list for Electric Literature
Jul 30, 2024
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Eryn Sunnolia
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Lessons learned from writing erotica
In April, a queer magazine put out a pitch call for queer erotica pieces and I sent one in.
Jun 18, 2024
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