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Fund In/Exhale Cover on Ko-Fi!

Hi, everyone! I know I haven’t been updating that much this year. Without my medication, it’s been a rough one. However, I did find a very talented artist to draw the cover art for the In/Exhale – Season 3 ebook! … Continue reading

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I’m still alive

I know I haven’t been active on here or twitter lately. There are a lot of reasons for that but I am not going into it here right now. I have been posting regularly on Tumblr: http://plague-of-insomnia.com and AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/chiealeman/pseuds/plague%20of%20insomnia I … Continue reading

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Happy International Disability Day

Today is a day to spread awareness about disability and the disability community. Obviously, this is an important topic for me, dear to my heart, but there are so many great disability activists out there than can address it better … Continue reading

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Still Here!

Hey, everyone! I know it’s been ages since most of you have seen me around (unless you follow me on twitter). I’m really sorry for not updating this site in all that time, but the past couple years have been … Continue reading

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Reworking Last Year’s NaNoWriMo

So it’s hard to believe that NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is almost here. I’ve been thinking lately of reworking last year’s project (Love UnSeen) as my current (unofficial) NaNo project for 2016. I’ve been stuck on this story for … Continue reading

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Dump the 1-10 Pain Scale for the “Netflix” Scale

When you suffer from chronic pain, the 1-10 pain scale is a joke. (Rate your pain from nothing to your worst ever, from 1-10, in case your fortunate enough not to be familiar with it.) In reality, that scale is … Continue reading

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Betrayal: My Doctor Ignored My Chronic Pain

“Do no harm,” is part of the oath that all medical students must take. It’s supposed to be an essential part of being a doctor–to not do any injury to their patients. But it’s a sad fact that too many doctors … Continue reading

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Painsomnia: When Pain Steals My Sleep

Update: A version of this post has been published on The Mighty website! This morning I sat at the kitchen table and cried. Alone, while my dogs were napping after their breakfasts and my husband was in the shower getting ready … Continue reading

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Hello, Darkness, My Old Friend: An Update

I don’t talk about myself much, especially what really goes on in the depths of my mind, except for what comes out in my writing. Kai and I are a lot alike in that way, although he sometimes is more … Continue reading

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Google Drive Error Fixed

Hey, everyone! I apologize for those of you who ran into errors while trying to read the most recently posted episodes of In/Exhale! I neglected to change the permissions in Google Drive, but that has been fixed. I apologize for the … Continue reading

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