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Gillian Marchenko

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Gillian Marchenko's most recent book, Still Life, A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression, published in the spring of 2016 with InterVarsity Press. Her first book, Sun Shine Down, A Memoir, published in 2013 with T. S. Poetry Press. Her work has also appeared in numerous publications including Chicago Parent, Today's Christian Woman, Literary Mama, Thriving Family, and MomSense Magazine. Gillian lives near St. Louis with her husband Sergei and their four daughters. Connect with her on Facebook at Gillian Marchenko or at gillianmarchenko.com. ...more

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Count it all joy

"Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.” James 1:2-4

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Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them

by Francine Prose (Goodreads Author)

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Quotes by Gillian Marchenko (?)

“I know of other mothers who have children with disabilities,and right away they loved them and decided to ﬁght for them.
That isn’t my story.”
― Gillian Marchenko, Sun Shine Down: A Memoir

tags: down-syndrome, gillian-marchenko, memoir, special-needs

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“Having to admit that you are depressed makes one feel less than. Broken. Yes, that's what it is. Broken.”
― Gillian Marchenko, Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression

tags: depression, depression-quotes, depression-recovery, memoirs

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“Sometimes writing is just rubbing words together long enough to make a fire.”
― Gillian Marchenko, Sun Shine Down: A Memoir

tags: memoir, writing-craft, writing-life-life, writing-process

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Gillian’s Quotes

“The author must keep his mouth shut when his work starts to speak.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

tags: writing

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“We are a species that needs and wants to understand who we are. Sheep lice do not seem to share this longing, which is one reason why they write so little. ”
― Anne Lamott

tags: on-writing

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“A person who publishes a book appears willfully in public eye with his pants down.”
― Edna St. Vincent Millay

tags: author, publishing, writing

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“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.”
― Anais Nin

tags: anais-nin, qoutes-on-writing, writing

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“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird