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Single Again
A book seeking a publisher, agent, and readers.
Julie Russell

Artwork from Single Again by Julie Russell

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Single Again
by Julie Russell

Single Again is a compilation of personal essays, artwork, and photography by Julie Russell. It documents the author's journey from being married to single, being gainfully employed to jobless, and being a home-owning suburbanite to city-dwelling renter. It's true. It's real. It's messy and loving and heartbreaking and emotion wrenching all in one.

Story Snippets from Single Again:
Dissolving Life
It's as if everything in my life has to dissolve simultaneously. All of the islands of safety I'd created around me were beginning to reveal their true nature. They did not define safety. My job, my house, my marriage, they were all false deities of safety to which I gave freely of my energy.

No Idea Who I Am
I am beginning to think I have no idea who I am. I am also beginning to grasp this is a good thing.

I am crafting my present - who I am in this precise moment - not out of who I've been, but out of who I want to be.

Authenticity
What does it mean to be my real authentic self? ... I feel like this book is calling me out to be more than I've been. More honest, more open, more real. Authenticity to me is expressing what I am feeling at every given moment and not editing or covering up what I tell myself is inappropriate.

Beautiful
Before this week I'd never believed I was beautiful. Years and years of thinking that I must be cute - others - guys my age had told me that - but I always felt it was loaded with their sexual desires.

Being Wrong
I just didn't want to be wrong again. Divorce is like publicly admitting that I'm wrong. That I've made a mistake. That I've fucked up.

But in my case, I had fucked up again.

Suddenly Single
What do I have to say about being suddenly single?

No matter how much you think you're ready for it - it still catches you off guard. Even knowing that you seldom did anything with your mate, that you've created separate lives, you're still not ready for the emptiness you thought you'd filled.

About the author

Julie Russell is a delightful contradiction on all counts and from almost every angle. She is brave, courageous, and powerful, and stands at a non-threatening five feet, almost two inches tall. She's fiercely independent but loves playing with others. Plus she admits wholeheartedly to being a "cat person."

She's held a plethora of jobs in three divergent careers: hotel management, accounting, and computer engineering. She's succeeded at every career, leaving one for the next when the challenge went away. Now, after being laid off and choosing not to continue a successful, profitable career in computers, she's making a bold move into the world of writing.

She jumped in and started Be Real Magazine, with help from a few friends, which now humbly boasts a monthly readership of 2000 unique visitors from more than 45 countries worldwide. Be Real Magazine has become a place for many writers to try out their wings (and pens).

At 33, she's been married and divorced twice and has finally gotten around to figuring out what she wants out of her life. In that process she has written a book to contribute to others in her same place. That book is called: Single Again.

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