Aimee Seiff Christian
@thewriteaimee.bsky.social
Memoirist, essayist, adoptee, bird person, word nerd, queer Gen X grouch. Unapologetically type A. Writing instructor and editor. Disability advocate. Skating fan.⛸️
Words in The Rumpus, NYT, Atticus Review, WaPo, Poets & Writers, etc. Also on Substack!
Words in The Rumpus, NYT, Atticus Review, WaPo, Poets & Writers, etc. Also on Substack!
One of the most painfully beautiful tributes I've ever witnessed. There is another opportunity to watch this on Peacock on 3/30 if you didn't get a chance to see it last Sunday. If you aren't a fan of skating now, it will turn you into one.
Figure Skating Stars Pay an Emotional Tribute to the D.C. Plane Crash Victims
Spectators, heavy with grief, packed Capital One Arena for the skating benefit.
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March 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
One of the most painfully beautiful tributes I've ever witnessed. There is another opportunity to watch this on Peacock on 3/30 if you didn't get a chance to see it last Sunday. If you aren't a fan of skating now, it will turn you into one.
I had a really interesting tour of the Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in the hour and a half I had to spare on this trip to Colorado for work and skating.
March 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I had a really interesting tour of the Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in the hour and a half I had to spare on this trip to Colorado for work and skating.
Reposted by Aimee Seiff Christian
Spot on from @chrismurphyct.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Spot on from @chrismurphyct.bsky.social
This week in our Writing Personhood class we have @thesusanito.bsky.social joining us. It’s so important to hear other #adoptee stories. Thank you Susan for sharing yours. Can’t wait! 💜
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I Would Meet You Anywhere: A Memoir
A memoir of one Japanese American adoptee’s experiences with her birth mother, love, family, and identity.
ohiostatepress.org
January 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
This week in our Writing Personhood class we have @thesusanito.bsky.social joining us. It’s so important to hear other #adoptee stories. Thank you Susan for sharing yours. Can’t wait! 💜
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ohiostatepress.org/books/titles...
Very useful top 10 list!
Are you a writer thinking about starting a substack? My top ten tips as a writer, not a content creator. open.substack.com/pub/wendypra...
100 weeks of posting on substack
My ten tips for successful substacking as a writer, not a content creator
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January 23, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Very useful top 10 list!
I love this. It's just as important to hit delete sometimes as it is to persevere. It's critical to know the difference.
As writers, we’re sold on the value of perseverance. Just do another draft. Just keep working. Send another query, another submission.
Then again, maybe it's time to quit.
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Then again, maybe it's time to quit.
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Quitting Time: Why You Need to Let Go of that Writing Project
By Allison K Williams As writers, we’re sold on the value of perseverance. Just do another draft. Just keep working. Send another query, another submission. One day you’ll break through. Sit down a…
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January 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I love this. It's just as important to hit delete sometimes as it is to persevere. It's critical to know the difference.
Last night I taught week one of my Writing Personhood #adoptee only #memoir and #creativenonfiction class for the first time in over a year. My heart was so full from being with other adoptees and hearing their stories. It's so important for us to know we are not alone. Can't wait for next week. <3
January 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Last night I taught week one of my Writing Personhood #adoptee only #memoir and #creativenonfiction class for the first time in over a year. My heart was so full from being with other adoptees and hearing their stories. It's so important for us to know we are not alone. Can't wait for next week. <3
I wrote about how much I hate resolutions and how bad I am at them. But on the plus side, I quit Facebook!
On Resolutions
And why I hate them
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January 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I wrote about how much I hate resolutions and how bad I am at them. But on the plus side, I quit Facebook!
I’m joining this! Are you?
Raise your hand if you’re joining nearly 10,000 other writers in this winter’s Mini 1000.
Starts Jan 3, 5 days of us writing 1000 words a day with letters from me (and some special guests!) It’s free and fun and it’ll kick your writing year into gear. 💪
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Starts Jan 3, 5 days of us writing 1000 words a day with letters from me (and some special guests!) It’s free and fun and it’ll kick your writing year into gear. 💪
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Announcing The Next Mini 1000
January 3-7, 2025.
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December 26, 2024 at 2:08 PM
I’m joining this! Are you?
With memoir and creative nonfiction, you have to ask, where’s the heat?
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Where's the heat?
In writing and in life
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December 15, 2024 at 3:39 PM
With memoir and creative nonfiction, you have to ask, where’s the heat?
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I’m currently listening to this incredible memoir narrated by the author in her gorgeous, rich voice. I’m enjoying hearing her tell her incredible story in her voice. Have you read it? What did you think?
www.simonandschuster.com/books/How-to...
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How to Say Babylon
National Book Critics Circle Award Winner A New York Times Notable Book Best Book of the Year for The Washington Post* The New Yorker * Time * The ...
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December 15, 2024 at 3:36 PM
I’m currently listening to this incredible memoir narrated by the author in her gorgeous, rich voice. I’m enjoying hearing her tell her incredible story in her voice. Have you read it? What did you think?
www.simonandschuster.com/books/How-to...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/How-to...
post somebody you’ve been told you look like, who you definitely don’t look like
a woman wearing sunglasses and a black jacket talks on a cell phone
Alt: Julia Roberts, a white actor, wearing sunglasses and a black jacket takes her sunglasses off in frustration and says “oh come on!”
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December 7, 2024 at 11:58 AM
post somebody you’ve been told you look like, who you definitely don’t look like
A breath of fresh air. Thank you, @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social
Are Memoirs “Impossible to Sell”? Only If Narrowly Defined
By Allison K Williams Last week, Canadian magazine The Walrus published “Memoirs Are Almost Impossible to Sell” by Tajja Isen. “Publishers are turning away from personal stories. Have readers stopp…
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December 5, 2024 at 1:59 PM
A breath of fresh air. Thank you, @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social
I was so excited to see my recent piece from The Rumpus on Memoir Land!! Thank you @saribotton.bsky.social
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Your Weekly Personal Essay Fix...
Plus: Electric Literature's fund drive, Narratively's 2024 Memoir Prize, and more...
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December 3, 2024 at 6:16 PM
I was so excited to see my recent piece from The Rumpus on Memoir Land!! Thank you @saribotton.bsky.social
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I don't believe readers don't want to read real people's stories of change and growth. Here are a few memoirs I've read this year that I kept thinking about:
Monsters, a Fan's Dilemma--Clare Dederer
Docile--Hyseseung Song
Sink--Joseph Earl Thomas
Hijab Butch Blues--Lamya H
What about you?
#memoir
Monsters, a Fan's Dilemma--Clare Dederer
Docile--Hyseseung Song
Sink--Joseph Earl Thomas
Hijab Butch Blues--Lamya H
What about you?
#memoir
December 1, 2024 at 12:45 AM
I don't believe readers don't want to read real people's stories of change and growth. Here are a few memoirs I've read this year that I kept thinking about:
Monsters, a Fan's Dilemma--Clare Dederer
Docile--Hyseseung Song
Sink--Joseph Earl Thomas
Hijab Butch Blues--Lamya H
What about you?
#memoir
Monsters, a Fan's Dilemma--Clare Dederer
Docile--Hyseseung Song
Sink--Joseph Earl Thomas
Hijab Butch Blues--Lamya H
What about you?
#memoir
Reposted by Aimee Seiff Christian
Since I'm just getting started over here, I want to be clear. Trans women are women, trans men are men, nb people are real. White people stole most of this country from indigenous people and stole the labor of generations of Black people to build wealth, which continues thanks to the prison system
November 11, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Since I'm just getting started over here, I want to be clear. Trans women are women, trans men are men, nb people are real. White people stole most of this country from indigenous people and stole the labor of generations of Black people to build wealth, which continues thanks to the prison system
Tis the season
Kind But Not Nice
(Oh and I actually am grateful too)
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November 29, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Tis the season
Just registered my 13 year old wheelchair user for this event next summer. Look out, LA, because she is SO excited!! Representation matters and my girl loves to dance. I’m thrilled I stumbled on the Rollettes!
www.rollettesexperience.com
www.rollettesexperience.com
Rollette Experience 2024 | Los Angeles
A 4-day event for women and girls with disabilities. At the Rollettes Experience, you'll connect with women and girls just like you. Create lifelong bonds, share in life altering experiences and learn to be boundless in all that you do. Here, you fit in perfectly. Dance classes, arts & crafts, panels, guest speakers & more. All ages welcome.
www.rollettesexperience.com
November 29, 2024 at 5:13 AM
Just registered my 13 year old wheelchair user for this event next summer. Look out, LA, because she is SO excited!! Representation matters and my girl loves to dance. I’m thrilled I stumbled on the Rollettes!
www.rollettesexperience.com
www.rollettesexperience.com
Would love for you to see this if you haven’t.
November 27, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Would love for you to see this if you haven’t.
Tell us about books that made a difference in your life. I’ll start.
The first book that changed my life profoundly was The Phantom Tollbooth. I was in fifth grade, already an aspiring writer. Equally important was the librarian who gave it to me, Mrs. Ross. 💙
November 27, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Tell us about books that made a difference in your life. I’ll start.
The first book that changed my life profoundly was The Phantom Tollbooth. I was in fifth grade, already an aspiring writer. Equally important was the librarian who gave it to me, Mrs. Ross. 💙
Hard to believe this piece is three years old. Every bit as relevant as it was then.
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www.nbcnews.com/think/opinio...
Opinion | I'm adopted. And even I don't think adoption is a replacement for abortion.
Giving a baby up for adoption carries its own hardships, including for the child involved, and every woman should be able to decide whether she wants to take that on.
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November 27, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Hard to believe this piece is three years old. Every bit as relevant as it was then.
www.nbcnews.com/think/opinio...
www.nbcnews.com/think/opinio...
My Bird Buddy has been catching some very odd photos lately, like these hilarious pics of our local Carolina Wren.
#addBirder
#addBirder
November 27, 2024 at 3:07 PM
My Bird Buddy has been catching some very odd photos lately, like these hilarious pics of our local Carolina Wren.
#addBirder
#addBirder
Like visiting an old friend I’d never met before 🐦
November 26, 2024 at 3:12 AM
Like visiting an old friend I’d never met before 🐦