Fran Mason

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Book in progress: "Enough Solid Ground"
How does a mother build resilience and strength in her only child, a daughter of eleven?
How does that child protect herself and have a good life after her mother’s death?
How does her vision of a good life change as she grows up without her mom — or does it?
These are some of the questions my #memoir explores. It's an uplifting story of a girl refusing to be derailed by loss, embracing her unique life.
I blog my writing process at franmasonwriting.com
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Fran MasonDec 25, 2022
Writing about writing. I built a fitness community - now can I build a writing/reading community? https://franmasonwriting.com/can-i-build-community-through-my-writing/ #memoir #Chicago #grief #1970s
Can I build community through my writing?

I built a fitness community around a popular brand. This time, in my writing, I don’t have a well-known brand. What do I have?

Enough Solid Ground
Fran MasonNov 27, 2022
I wrote recently about why #blogging is so hard, even within the freedom it contains.
https://franmasonwriting.com/blogging-facebook-and-the-inner-critic/
Blogging, Facebook, and the inner critic

Certain composite people, or personas, represent my Facebook audience in my mind. They morph into a gang of inner critics, and their (my) assumptions prevent me from blogging. But I don’t kno…

Enough Solid Ground