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A newsletter about the writing life, books, creative inspiration, wellness, psychology, motherhood and motherloss, grief, wonderings on the afterlife, and makeup reviews. I promise, it's all connected.

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About Chelsea Bieker

Author of the novel Godshot, the story collection Heartbroke, and my newest novel, MADWOMAN, forthcoming in September from Little, Brown and Oneworld UK. I write the Make Up Your Life Substack.

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