Kristina Tabor Saccone

Ghosts of Christmas My mother passed away. But she is still teaching me, months after her death.

My mother’s dementia left me feeling like she was a ghost. I wrote about how Dickens’ A Christmas Carol helped me make connections between losing her and living a better life. Thank you to The Dispatch for publishing it! thedispatch.com/article/ghos...

Navigating the holidays without a map When the season brings loneliness, start new traditions

New musings on being alone at the holidays. open.substack.com/pub/blueviol...

Courage in Closeness On the necessity of new friendships

New post!

“Living requires that we harness joy because the body can only take so much despair. I’ve found that joy in new friendships, which, as Cicero wrote ‘improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and dividing of our grief.’”

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WWPH Presents America's Future; a Literay Salon — Solid State Books AMERICA’S FUTURE speaks to joy and resilience amidst political turmoil in the United States…” Poets & Writers magazine, September/October 2025 Complimentary RSVPs here

This Sunday at 2PM at @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social! Psyched to lead a mini workshop alongside brilliant @mshatter.bsky.social, as well as reading with goddess @kristinatabor.bsky.social and the rest of the crew!

Free! Join us! All the exclamation points!

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Naming the Body’s Quiet Betrayal On the words that fail us & the ones we invent

A new short essay on the limitations of language and our bodies open.substack.com/pub/blueviol...

Blue Violet | Kristina Tabor Saccone | Substack Notes on contradictions and identity. Click to read Blue Violet, by Kristina Tabor Saccone, a Substack publication.

New look, same writing on identity and contradictions. Join the ride at my Substack, Blue Violet: open.substack.com/pub/blueviolet

Thank you!!!

The Weight of Dolls On Body Image and the Stories We Inherit

New post up on Blue Violet, my Substack. It’s not just about Barbie tho “Barbie was one of my earliest influences, her plastic proportioned body dressed and undressed in my hands, where I learned what arms, breasts, stomach, and thighs were supposed to look like.”

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Thank you, Matt. I’m so sorry to hear about your experience. It sounds debilitating. I have so much admiration and respect that you’ve been managing it for 8 years ♥️ I have not figured out what’s going on yet, but I’m trying to stay hopeful for answers while also adapting as best I can.

Thank you ♥️

Sick, Grieving, and Suddenly Thinner The pounds I didn't mean to lose

New post up today with beginning contemplations on chronic illness and weight loss. I hope these writings help at least a few people feel less overwhelmed and alone in their own bodies, and I’d love to talk about it in the comments or 1:1.
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Thanks a lot @melostrom.bsky.social. Your support means a lot. So glad to be a part of this beautiful group of writers @kimsrogers.bsky.social, @kristinatabor.bsky.social, Charlotte Hamrick and Janet Murie with @dianegotauthor.bsky.social (Ed) @emergejournal.bsky.social

So proud to be a part of this!

Wonderful! Thank you, Pat!

Join us for our launch: Sat at 2 p.m. ET. Link in comments. Joining me will be @charlotteham504.bsky.social @kristinatabor.bsky.social @ronita.bsky.social and Janet Murie. Five chapbooks nested within the covers of one volume. Big gratitude to editor @dianegotauthor & publisher @elj_editions_ltd.

Launch day nears for DENATURED: STORIES OF CHANGE included in GRIEVING HOPE. Would love to see you in the virtual audience! (Link below.)

Mahalo @dianegotauthor.bsky.social.

Congrats fellow authors @charlotteham504.bsky.social, @kristinatabor.bsky.social, @ronita.bsky.social & Janet Murie.

I’m grateful to share space in this book with the brilliant authors @kimrogerswriter.bsky.social @charlotteham504.bsky.social , @ronita.bsky.social, and Janet Murie. Link in bio to pre purchase the collection!

I miss my mom all the time, but Mother’s Day was particularly special. I share some of our journey through dementia in my forthcoming microchapbook MEMORY’S EBB, out June 1, part of this beautiful collection GRIEVING HOPE from @emergejournal.bsky.social and edited by @dianegotauthor.bsky.social

Thrilled to be a part of this!

Volume 14, Issue 3 COVER ART BY heather d haigh   FICTION Nervous Thing by Ani King REHAB, TAKE THREE BY ANGELA JAMES SQUIRRELS BY BEN GIBBONS SWINGSET BIRD BY JODY HOBBS HESLER   NONFICTION THAT’S ALL ANYO…

Our March issue is live! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/volume-14-is...

Words:
@aniking.bsky.social
@olangela.bsky.social
Ben Gibbons
@olangela.bsky.social
Claire Hopple
Matthew Thomas Bernell

Cover art: Heather D Daigh

@tommydeanwriter.bsky.social ?

I’m looking for favorite short stories and flash about love ❤️. Any ideas??

Writer friends and acquaintances: have a workshop or workshop idea you haven't figured out how to get it out there or market it? Message me. I have something brewing

Yay Tommy!

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Good advice for getting out of a writing rut.

Thanks. Good advice. Miss you, friend.

I've found that consistently being in writing spaces is really helpful. Workshops, writing groups, etc.

I’m reading later today & hoping being in community helps bump me out of this funk!

a baby sea turtle is crawling out of a hole in the sand on the beach . ALT: a baby sea turtle is crawling out of a hole in the sand on the beach .

I’m in a writing rut. Any advice for how to get out of it?