Lisa McCarty @LBMcCarty717
Writer | Women's Health Advocate | IVF Warrior | PR | Words @TODAYShow, @HuffPost, @Newsweek, @BusinessInsider, @PopSugar, @USNews, @Voxdotcom IG: @Lbmccarty717 linktr.ee/lbmccarty Joined March 2022-
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“Next time you’re tempted to expect the worst, or to give up an idea before you even get going, I hope you’ll remember: At least as many things could go right as could go wrong. What if it all works out?” @maggiesmithpoet #writingcommunity #writersoftwitter #5amwritersclub…
"If you honor the complexity of your own life—if you grant us entry into moments that hold shame or hurt or heat, and if you’re willing to follow that heat, to feel out where all the small fires burn, then your readers will trust you." ~ @lsjamison
New month, new challenges, new possibilities. Let's do this. ✍️ #writingcommunity #womenwriters #writersoftwitter #writerslift
My body is tired, but the words are flowing and the house is quiet. I don't want to miss a chance at a good story unraveling, so I'll have to forgo sleep a little longer. Can you relate? #WritingCommunity #womenwriters #writerslife #tuesdayq
Beautiful and poignant essay by my friend @jacgorelick for @xraylitmag. "This is where the story gets complicated. Because this is not the palatable cocktail party answer. This is not the long story short. In this version, nothing is simple." #WritingCommunity #writersoftwitter…
Beautiful and poignant essay by my friend @jacgorelick for @xraylitmag. "This is where the story gets complicated. Because this is not the palatable cocktail party answer. This is not the long story short. In this version, nothing is simple." #WritingCommunity #writersoftwitter…
American Businesswoman and Investor, Barbara Corcoran says when it comes to rejection "you can pout about it for ten minutes but then you've gotta let it go." Reminding myself of this today and in case you needed to hear it today too. Keep writing. #writerslift…
"One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple." -Jack Kerouac #WritingCommunity #womenwriters #writersoftwitter #quoteoftheday
“The sun himself is weak when he first rises; and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.” – Charles Dickens #WritingCommunity #5amwritersclub #writersoftwitter #goodmorning
“You don’t always have to be doing something. You can just be, and that’s plenty.” - Alice Walker #WritingCommunity #womenwriters #writersoftwitter
Fascinating article by @alexandra_moe for @TheAtlantic. "Reading aloud is a distinctive cognitive process, more complex than simply reading silently, speaking, or listening. Noah Forrin, who researched memory and reading at the University of Waterloo, in Canada, told me that it…
Fascinating article by @alexandra_moe for @TheAtlantic. "Reading aloud is a distinctive cognitive process, more complex than simply reading silently, speaking, or listening. Noah Forrin, who researched memory and reading at the University of Waterloo, in Canada, told me that it…
I am right where I should be, doing what I should be. I have no limit, and the best is still yet to come.
Weekend reminder to pause and breathe. Pass it on. 🤍 #WeekendVibes #nature #writingcommunity #womenwriters #writersoftwitter
“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” - Anne Lamott #writingcommunity #womenwriters #writersoftwitter #5amwritersclub #goodmorning
We made it to the end of the week. 🤍 Getting morning pages in, quick hike then meetings. Wishing you all a productive day ahead. Happy Friday, friends! #writingcommunity #womenwriters #writersoftwitter #5amwritersclub #tgif
“Thinking the event is the story is the biggest mistake of student writers. The transformation of the self is the story.” ~ Claire Dederer
Great essay by @annajrollins for @brevitymag with @GuerillaMemoir. “It’s weird,” my husband said one evening as he observed me finishing my third book that week. “You read compulsively. More than anyone I’ve ever met. Don’t you want to create something too?” #WritingCommunity…
Great essay by @annajrollins for @brevitymag with @GuerillaMemoir. “It’s weird,” my husband said one evening as he observed me finishing my third book that week. “You read compulsively. More than anyone I’ve ever met. Don’t you want to create something too?” #WritingCommunity…
Powerful piece on overcoming infertility by my student @LBMcCarty717 from her prescriptive book-in-progress INCONCEIVABLE, thanks to great @TODAYshow editor @RheanaMurray! today.com/parents/essay/…
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1.7M Followers 388 Following The Wall Street Journal's Business editors share the latest breaking news and their insights on what matters most in business and finance.@LBMcCarty717 @xraylitmag Thank you for your kind words and for reading and sharing🖤
I'm writing a book! It's about friendship and American values and the way those things are often in opposition I feel beyond grateful and also unmoored from reality but I've been waiting months to make this joke, so.... the real book deal is the friends we made along the way
I Just Learned This Fact About Owls And It Explains SO Much About Why Their Heads Spin huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/i-just-l…
Today, we are saying goodbye to Violet, who was obviously the best dog ever. I will miss her every single day for the rest of my life.
I got nominated for a James Beard award today and I can’t even enjoy it bc of the cops LMFAOOOOO
“Stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.” ― Leo Tolstoy #5amwritersclub #amwriting #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #AuthorsOfTwitter #booktwitter #bookbloggers #poetry #mustread
Don’t miss this beautiful piece of CNT up at @xraylitmag by @jacgorelick today…
I’m honored and a little terrified to set this essay free. It’s about the fallout of childhood parent loss on siblings, the price of belonging, and the slippery nature of shame. I’m so grateful to @JoVarnish1 and @xraylitmag for giving this one a home🖤 bit.ly/3UEl69B
“Water still mystifies me, it still appears at the edges of dreams that wake me with a momentary panic that I’m late for practice. It still holds fears of failure I once vowed to leave behind to drown.” Gorgeous work by @WriterSweeney for @press_roi
I'm so excited to share my creative nonfiction piece called "Muscle Memory" that's up today at @press_roi. It's about swimming, past and present, and the tricky nature of memory. roifaineantpress.com/post/muscle-me…
Little in this surprised me, but I have published 2 non fiction books with Big 5 publishers. I think a lot of would be authors are naively hopeful.
Necessary reading for every author & aspiring author that demystifies the publishing industry. elysian.press/p/no-one-buys-…
So thrilled for my dear friend @YvonneLiuWriter who is one step closer to getting her book out in the world!
Standing here with tears in my eyes. Four years after I started writing my memoir, I accepted an offer of representation from a terrific agent at a top literary agency. The road ahead is filled with uncertainty, but I refuse to give up! As a friend said this morning, "You’ve been…
Year of Plenty: A Family’s Season of Grief ift.tt/r2qnv61
New month. New goals. New words. Welcome May. #5amwritersclub #WritingCommunity
gonna be totes honest, had one of the hardest days i've had in a while, and now i can't stop crying because i'm so grateful for my sister/co-founder @thegenevieved and the fact that we have built this beyond beautiful community of amazing humans in our circle. #blessed #forreal
"If you honor the complexity of your own life—if you grant us entry into moments that hold shame or hurt or heat, and if you’re willing to follow that heat, to feel out where all the small fires burn, then your readers will trust you." ~ @lsjamison
Tears. Stunning piece by @jacgorelick.
I’m honored and a little terrified to set this essay free. It’s about the fallout of childhood parent loss on siblings, the price of belonging, and the slippery nature of shame. I’m so grateful to @JoVarnish1 and @xraylitmag for giving this one a home🖤 bit.ly/3UEl69B
Missed #5amwritersclub for 2 days & was late for it this morning. Here's to all of you #writers who sometimes need to get away from this g.d. business & some of the jackasses who populate it. *sips coffee* #BooksWorthReading #Reading #novels #writing
"Too often, the law protects abusive men and further endangers abused women, and the media aids and abets this abuse." An excellent piece by my friend @BriProoker.
How To Stay Safe From Violent Men and the Laws That Shield Them For @yesmagazine, I wrote about @AlexiaCasale's THE BEST WAY TO BURY YOUR HUSBAND — and how the law fails domestic violence survivors, forcing them to take matters into their own hands. 💜 yesmagazine.org/culture/2024/0…
"The problem with breaking a life into parts is that no matter how carefully you pick up the severed pieces and drop them into a bottle to be cast out to sea, they will always find you because you are the ocean." An amazing piece by my friend @jacgorelick. 💜
I’m honored and a little terrified to set this essay free. It’s about the fallout of childhood parent loss on siblings, the price of belonging, and the slippery nature of shame. I’m so grateful to @JoVarnish1 and @xraylitmag for giving this one a home🖤 bit.ly/3UEl69B
My body is tired, but the words are flowing and the house is quiet. I don't want to miss a chance at a good story unraveling, so I'll have to forgo sleep a little longer. Can you relate? #WritingCommunity #womenwriters #writerslife #tuesdayq