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While I was in college becoming a good Catholic I was also becoming a writer - one haunted by Catholicism.

- Julianna Baggott
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Our imaginations are strong as children. Sometimes they get shoved aside, these imaginations. They get dusty and mildewed with age. The imagination is a muscle that has to be put to use or it shrivels.

What does it mean to be Catholic and not a Catholic? I feel adrift, homeless. My Catholic imagination allows me to see the soul as a lit breath, seeking the divine. It persists.

Red Sox fans have been pushed to the brink over the years, but that's how faith grows stronger.

The basic rule of storytelling is 'show, don't tell.'

Writers are socially observant. We find people endlessly fascinating, and real life is mysterious. Sometimes it's hard to stop staring at the strut and squawk of my fellow man. They can be quite inspiring. Sometimes it's hard to stop talking to them to see what in the world they're thinking.

Writing stories is the habit of lying put to good use.

And I know I'm supposed to feel guilty for wanting people to buy my books... and books in general? Novels and poetry, they belong to the realm of art. How dirty of us to try to hawk art! But, after a decade of hand-wringing and apologies, I can't quite muster the guilt anymore.

I prefer a cluttered workspace.

Writing is my obsession, my passion. My relationship with it is one of the most complex and agonizing and richly vexing that I have in my life.

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While I was in college becoming a good Catholic I was also becoming a writer - one haunted by Catholicism.

While I was in college becoming a good Catholic I was also becoming a writer - one haunted by Catholicism.

While I was in college becoming a good Catholic I was also becoming a writer - one haunted by Catholicism.

While I was in college becoming a good Catholic I was also becoming a writer - one haunted by Catholicism.

While I was in college becoming a good Catholic I was also becoming a writer - one haunted by Catholicism.

While I was in college becoming a good Catholic I was also becoming a writer - one haunted by Catholicism.

While I was in college becoming a good Catholic I was also becoming a writer - one haunted by Catholicism.

While I was in college becoming a good Catholic I was also becoming a writer - one haunted by Catholicism.

While I was in college becoming a good Catholic I was also becoming a writer - one haunted by Catholicism.

While I was in college becoming a good Catholic I was also becoming a writer - one haunted by Catholicism.

While I was in college becoming a good Catholic I was also becoming a writer - one haunted by Catholicism.

While I was in college becoming a good Catholic I was also becoming a writer - one haunted by Catholicism.

While I was in college becoming a good Catholic I was also becoming a writer - one haunted by Catholicism.

While I was in college becoming a good Catholic I was also becoming a writer - one haunted by Catholicism.

While I was in college becoming a good Catholic I was also becoming a writer - one haunted by Catholicism.