Archive - Anne's musings

What If My Book?

We all want our work to be loved, admired, or even cited. Some authors may write only for this purpose, with only this in mind as they pen the next…

Apr 13 •

Anne Leigh Parrish

September 2023

In Defense of Fearlessness

I think about fear a lot. Many of us do, I suspect, with a world-wide pandemic barely in the rearview mirror; a likely Republican candidate who tried to…

Sep 21, 2023 •

Anne Leigh Parrish

January 2022

Why We Need Perry Mason Now More Than Ever

I used to watch Perry Mason on television a lot when I was a kid. I loved the edgy black-and-white film; the unlikely plots; the relentless drive for…

Jan 28, 2022 •

Anne Leigh Parrish

December 2021

my debut poetry collection, the moon won't be dared

Dec 31, 2021 •

Anne Leigh Parrish

October 2021

Oct 10, 2021 •

Anne Leigh Parrish

April 2021

If My Book: a winter night

Some thoughts on my latest book, a winter night, just out from Unsolicited Press, originally published in Monkeybicycle

Apr 6, 2021 •

Anne Leigh Parrish

My Father Wanted Sons

My feminism began with my father, who wanted sons. Had I been one he’d have named me Paul after my mother’s father, or Bruce, after no one he knew. He…

Apr 1, 2021 •

Anne Leigh Parrish

March 2021

Call Yourself a Writer

I recently took part in a virtual author event with two other women writers. Let me say how much I have come to appreciate the magic of Zoom video…

Mar 20, 2021 •

Anne Leigh Parrish

February 2021

Join me at the SMOL online book fair

Sat. March 6, 2021 at 3:00 pm EST

Feb 27, 2021 •

Anne Leigh Parrish

In the Beginning

My first short story was written on brown paper using a second-hand Underwood typewriter I picked up at an antiques store. I felt so writerly, perched…

Feb 25, 2021 •

Anne Leigh Parrish

December 2020

originally published in The Nonconformist Magazine

Dec 28, 2020 •

Anne Leigh Parrish

September 2020

The Moon Won't Be Dared

The title poem from my debut collection, coming October 2021

Sep 17, 2020 •

Anne Leigh Parrish

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