You never get a second chance to make a first impression. But,sometimes its good enough just to get a second chance.
Every day it feels like I answer the same question over and over and over again “Mirriam, how can you do it? How can you defend child molesters and rapists?” I am always amazed that no one asks how I can defend murderers (probably because most folks know...A call to those who may be too far to hear us just yet.
Now and again I’m allowed to venture out among normal people and talk to them about the things they do and think about. It seems I do myself a disservice by only engaging in shop talk with like minded people. I mean, what’s the point of all of this...I joined a gym.
I’ve joined a gym. This is probably not the most provocative way to start a blog post. If you stop reading now I will understand. I mean, I’m supposed to GRAB YOUR ATTENTION in the first sentence. There has to be a hook. A reason for you to look up from...Is this nothing but the truth?
I am trying to write one true sentence. The truest sentence I know. Trying to write what I know and see and hear and do. Not to describe. But it is, indeed, difficult to come upon the past as if it was now and write it as if it hadn’t already happened. How do I...Drafts of brilliance
So I’m clicking through my blog post drafts trying to see if something clever catches my eye and it seems I’m really good at coming up with nifty titles, but the posts themselves are empty and I’m left to wonder WHY DID I NOT FUCKING WRITE THE...
ABA Journal Blawg 100
Contender - 2010 Criminal
