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Writing has always been solitary work. Most of the time it’s just you, a blinking cursor, and a mind full of questions you’re not entirely sure how to answer. Questions about craft. Questions about publishing. Questions about whether you’re doing any of this the “right” way at all. The Dear Indie advice column exists for…
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A number of articles have already been released here as free previews from the upcoming book Because I Bore Witness. This gallery highlights a small sample of the essays, articles, and testimonials that will appear in the book. Alongside these previews, you’ll also find writing advice I’ve shared with fellow writers along the way. Go…
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We are told not to trust our eyes anymore. When a woman is killed, we are instructed to wait. To withhold judgment. To allow the narrative to form. Evidence exists, but meaning is delayed—until authority decides what we are permitted to believe. Religion trained us for this. Seeing is not believing.Believing is seeing. Finishing reading…
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The poem “Human Nature” from the book Saint Woman was featured recently on a podcast called One Poem Only by Maggie Devers on 16th February 2026.
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Excerpt here: They call it a crisis now.A loneliness epidemic.A generation of men abandoned, unheard, unwanted. What they don’t call it is accountability. Loneliness is not violence—but it has become violence’s favorite excuse. A way to smuggle entitlement back into the conversation under the cover of vulnerability. Substack Article Live: https://lynnlesher.substack.com/p/essay-iv-the-loneliness-alibi
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The final two essays from my upcoming book, Because I Bore Witness, are Essay IV — The Loneliness Alibi and Essay V — Believing Is Seeing. Together, they examine how power reshapes vulnerability and perception — how harm is justified not only through force, but through narrative. Essay IV — The Loneliness Alibi – An…
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What are your Valentine’s Day plans? Need some help? I got an idea, let me help you spice up your holiday. Even if you are alone, I got you! Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTTBZ5SN Linktree: https://linktr.ee/writerbachman Blurb: Saint Woman is where desire becomes both ritual and rebellion—where intimacy burns like votive candles in the ruins of saints and…
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Essay Excerpt: “Murder is not just an act.It is a rupture. It breaks something in the person who commits it, whether they admit that or not. This is why war does not end when the fighting stops. This is why soldiers come home altered. The psyche cannot reconcile the self who believes I am a good…
