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Yes, You DO Want Honest Feedback On Your Screenplay.

There is a lot to love about actor Chris Pine, who has a reputation as Hollywood’s favorite Chris. This year he had a movie premiere at…

4 min readDec 4, 2023

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Yes, You DO Want Honest Feedback On Your Screenplay.

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Summarizing Someone You Love

My Husband’s Eulogy

6 min readFeb 16, 2023

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Don’t Let Valentine’s Day Represent Romantic Love.

And Don’t Buy Into The Valentine’s Day Hype.

5 min readFeb 15, 2020

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Don’t Let Valentine’s Day Represent Romantic Love.

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Writing Sex in Screenplays

Writing about myself helps me write my characters with more clarity.

3 min readApr 13, 2021

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When You Are Excluded From The Mommy “Club”.

There is only one rule for membership, but they make no exceptions.

5 min readOct 10, 2019

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Who Knew The American Library Association Was The Enemy

Spoiler Alert — They aren’t.

4 min readApr 4, 2024

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Who Knew The American Library Association Was The Enemy

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Larissa S. Merriman

Words I Don’t Want to Hear Right Now (Because so Many People Say Them Constantly).

It’s not that I don’t think some of them have value, but why do you have to talk about them all the time.

1 min readJan 26, 2024

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Words I Don’t Want to Hear Right Now (Because so Many People Say Them Constantly).

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Life Is Not a Battle You Win or Lose

My husband died last October. His death, while not unexpected as he had a terminal illness, was sudden and caught me off guard. There much…

3 min readAug 23, 2023

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Life Is Not a Battle You Win or Lose

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Lies I Like To Tell

And The Truth

1 min readAug 21, 2023

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Lies I Like To Tell

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The Emotional Heaviness of the Weight Loss Mindset.

If someone offered you a million dollars for you to stay overweight for the rest of your life, would you take it? How about two million, or…

5 min readAug 17, 2023

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The Emotional Heaviness of the Weight Loss Mindset.

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Larissa S. Merriman

Larissa S. Merriman

Transplanted Alaskan in LA who dreams of life in Paris. I write and (now also direct) stories about love, loss and gender inequality. Widow.

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