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Writer/Teacher HuffPost, Brevity Blog, Manifest Station, Hippocampus. Antioch University MFA Alum. Speak your mind. Write your truth. andreatate.net

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Thank you, Vicki! It’s not easy avoiding the Orange issue!

03.10.2025 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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L.A. Affairs: He roots for Trump and the Dodgers. Could we stay married? My husband and I have been together for 15 years. Our marriage counselor gave us one piece of advice: Don't talk about politics with each other.

I wrote this piece for the L.A. Times. I hope it helps us eliminate some of the hate. Hate the crimes not the people. This administration has fostered so much anger against each other.

#writingcommunity

26.09.2025 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Important task of the day:

Cancel Hulu/Disney

Done!

19.09.2025 02:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Did anyone see Jodi Picoult’s interview with PEN America at AWP? Every word was inspiring. ❀️

"You can always edit a bad page. You can’t edit a blank page"
- Jodi Picoult

#writingcommunity

09.04.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My Husband And His Family Voted For Trump β€” So I'm Canceling Thanksgiving And Christmas "I will not unwrap gifts given to me by people who voted for a party that has talked about building internment camps and mass deportation."

I’m continually asked to speak to writers and organizations about this viral article I wrote. I still receive emails 4 months later thanking me for writing this piece. Posting it again will bring more hate from Trump supporters, but there’s always the delete function.
#writingcommunity

14.03.2025 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

What happened to β€œLove your neighbor as you love yourself?”

Sorry Canada, our leaders stink!

04.03.2025 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, I want to come work for you! That alone would be a dream! ❀️

19.02.2025 02:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Writing Practice: Part 2 The Road to Publishing Essays

If you’re curious, I wrote about my publishing journey in this week’s Substack.

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#awritingpractice
#essays

13.02.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What White People Didn’t Get About Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Performance Here are some of the hidden messages

If you are confused about the Super Bowl half-time show, read up on it and understand why it was brilliant.

11.02.2025 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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The Blame Game Nonfiction Writers and Leaders Beware

Advice for nonfiction writers and our current leaders on blaming others.
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#memoir

06.02.2025 00:21 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œFear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil” β€”Aristotle

So many are living in fear right now, and most of us know where the evil lies. Why are so many blind?

#keepwriting
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04.02.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Blaming others is not a sign of leadership. It’s a sign of weakness and ignorance. Every good leader looks within themselves on how they can do better. They don’t point fingers. They take responsibility.

31.01.2025 11:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lately, I’ve been thinking about confidence and its importance in achieving anything. Sometimes we just have to put it on like a warm sweater and let it do its thing.

30.01.2025 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Let’s hope his lies get even more outrageous that even his minions start to question.

β€œNo man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar”
β€”Abraham Lincoln

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#justice

28.01.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œThere comes a time when silence is a betrayal”—MLK

This is that time.

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#mariannbudde

27.01.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bishop Mariann Budde tells NPR 'I won't apologize' for sermon addressing Trump The Episcopal bishop of Washington spoke with NPR to discuss her sermon addressing President Trump and why she asked him to have mercy.

Nor should she apologize. She spoke the truth.

23.01.2025 00:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

An important reminder to speak up and keep writing. The world needs your voice.

β€œDon’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It’s the one and only thing you have to offer."
- Barbara Kingsolver

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21.01.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Everyone Has the Right to Write "The time is always right to do what is right"β€”MLK

Writers keep writing. It is you right even when everything seems so not right!

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#freedomofspeech
#MLK

20.01.2025 21:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's sickening. I can't watch like so many of us.

20.01.2025 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Keep using your voice my friends.

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"β€”MLK

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20.01.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Summer Storm | Andrea Tate At sixteen, on a sunny summer day, you lay in bed, daydreaming about your future. The image of a shiny linoleum floor with a woman pristinely dressed comes to mind. In her lovely arms, she holds a bot...

A new essay published in Sad Girl Diaries Literary Magazine. What to expect at dinner time in my Italian home.
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17.01.2025 06:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Reminding myself of this quote whenever I receive more hate mail from the HuffPost election article I wrote two months ago.

β€œIt took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.”
β€”Madeleine Albright

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16.01.2025 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Remember all the details and write when when you return.

16.01.2025 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Totally normal! The more rejections the more you have put your work out there. In 2023, I had nothing but reductions. Then 2024, four great acceptances.

16.01.2025 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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PSA for those in fire prone areas, or family worried about loved ones. Get the Watch Duty free app. It’s crucial and gives notifications and updates on all fires.

15.01.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hysterical!

14.01.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hahaha!

14.01.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations! (Check the date in your post. It says 2004 ;)

14.01.2025 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I never thought about this, but it’s true for me. How about you?

β€œWriting is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else.”
β€”Gloria Steinem

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#awritingpractice

14.01.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

More winds the next 3 days in CA. It’s hard to focus on anything.

β€œOh, I just want what we all want: a comfortable couch, a nice beverage, a weekend of no distractions and a book that will stop time, lift me out of my quotidian existence and alter my thinking forever.”
β€”Elizabeth Gilbert

13.01.2025 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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