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He made me feel special, and after almost a decade of feeling otherwise, any drop of special was “special” special. But even then, I saw the cracks—right around the time my pole crashed through the ceiling.

The last thing that he gave me was an orchid. At least the last good thing. He gave me so many other things.

I think I made a wrong turn back there somewhere.

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After my divorce, I felt silenced. For years, I had built my writing identity around marriage and family, and when that chapter of my life ended, so did my voice as an author. It wasn’t until I started working on a memoir about life after 40 that I began to rediscover who I was—both as a writer and as a person. This journey has been about finding my voice again and learning how to share my story authentically.

Your unique voice as an author is your most valuable asset. It’s not your topic that sets you apart, because most topics have been written about before. What makes your work stand out is how you write about it. But here’s the problem: many authors are over-relying on AI tools, and the result is a lot of writing that sounds... well, robotic.