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first drafts

About the Substack

Essays, musings on motherhood, short stories and flash fiction, and, every once in a while, poems and photographs, by Millennial boy mom and newly-Orthodox Christian Katherine Mansfield

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About Katherine Mansfield

Katherine Mansfield is a full-time mom and when-she-can-sneak-a-few-minutes-of-writing-in writer who adores her family and runs on coffee. Mansfield pens essays on motherhood and faith; short stories and flash fiction; and poetry for first drafts.