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About Jackie Pick

Jackie Pick is a former teacher and current writer living in the Chicago area. She is a contributing author to multiple anthologies, including Multiples Illuminated, So Glad They Told Me: Women Get Real about Motherhood, Here in the Middle, as well as the and the literary magazines The Sun and Selfish. She received Honorable Mention from the Mark Twain House and Museum for her entry in the Royal Nonesuch Humor Writing Competition. Jackie is a contributing writer at Humor Outcasts, and her essays have been featured on various online sites including McSweeney's, Belladonna Comedy, Mamalode, The HerStories Project, and Scary Mommy. A graduate of the University of Chicago and Northwestern University, Jackie is co-creator and co-writer of the award-winning short film Fixed Up, and a proud member of the 2017 Chicago cast of Listen To Your Mother.

Surviving Summer Funtimes: Week the Eighth

Two weeks ago, I frogged four or five inches of a knitting project because I had twisted a stitch when joining in the round.

After a few days off, I started again. Careful. So careful. Continue reading Surviving Summer Funtimes: Week the Eighth

Surviving Summer Funtimes: Week the Seventh

My week can be summed up thusly: were I single and childless, I’d be having ice cream for dinner every night this week.  Continue reading Surviving Summer Funtimes: Week the Seventh

July 2018 Month in Review — Writer, Know Thyself. Or at Least Get to Learnin’

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Ah July. You were a real piece of work, mostly in that working was elusive.  Continue reading July 2018 Month in Review — Writer, Know Thyself. Or at Least Get to Learnin’