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Start Here: How to Read Sea Salt and Silence 📖
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Jun 18
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7 Years Without My Dad, and How I’m Still Learning to Live With Grief
A seven-year journey through loss, memory, and learning to carry love without being crushed by it.
Sep 12
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Debra King
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Brick by Brick: Sea Salt & Silence #10
I build my castle brick by brick of imagination" - A stunning visual poem about the secret worlds children create to survive. From Sea Salt & Silence…
Sep 10
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Debra King
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September Poetry Prompts
Poetry prompts for September—an invitation to write about thresholds, letting go, inheritance, and becoming again.
Sep 1
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Debra King
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Honey Into Poison: Sea Salt & Silence #9
A raw diary entry from 1991 exposes the hidden reality of childhood emotional and physical abuse - A Substack series called Sea Salt & Silence.
Aug 28
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Colors in the Sky
I've been thinking about my dad constantly since my most recent illness.
Aug 21
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Debra King
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Still at the Table: When Trauma Makes Ghosts of Food
A raw, poetic journey through eating disorders, family trauma, and the ongoing work of healing our relationship with food and our bodies.
Aug 19
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Debra King
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Cupcakes and Shame: Sea Salt & Silence #8
Splinters: Page 8
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Personal Essays
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7 Years Without My Dad, and How I’m Still Learning to Live With Grief
A seven-year journey through loss, memory, and learning to carry love without being crushed by it.
Sep 12
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Debra King
19
7
Colors in the Sky
I've been thinking about my dad constantly since my most recent illness.
Aug 21
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Debra King
24
8
Still at the Table: When Trauma Makes Ghosts of Food
A raw, poetic journey through eating disorders, family trauma, and the ongoing work of healing our relationship with food and our bodies.
Aug 19
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Debra King
30
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Why I’m Rebranding and Moving My Books Off Amazon
Why I’m Rebranding and Moving My Books Off Amazon
Aug 12
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The Body Remembers Everything
A personal essay on chronic illness and trauma
Jul 16
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Debra King
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Sea Salt and Silence
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Brick by Brick: Sea Salt & Silence #10
I build my castle brick by brick of imagination" - A stunning visual poem about the secret worlds children create to survive. From Sea Salt & Silence…
Sep 10
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Debra King
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Cupcakes and Shame: Sea Salt & Silence #8
Splinters: Page 8
Aug 14
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Debra King
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How Writing Sea Salt and Silence is Helping Me Reclaim My Story
Before we begin, I want to tell you something important.
Aug 2
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Debra King
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Ghosts in Tea Cups: Sea Salt & Silence #7
I think she liked watching something warm disappear
Aug 1
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Debra King
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Birthday Cake: Sea Salt & Silence #6
“Sea Salt & Silence,” is a true-to-memory Substack series told through verse, memory, and reflection. I’ll be sharing each diary entry one page at a…
Jul 25
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Poetry
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September Poetry Prompts
Poetry prompts for September—an invitation to write about thresholds, letting go, inheritance, and becoming again.
Sep 1
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Debra King
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I Almost Quit Writing Last Year
A reflective note on nearly giving up writing—and finding the courage to keep going. For anyone who’s ever wondered if their words matter, this is for…
Jul 19
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Debra King
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The doubt they planted in me
It took over two decades to get a proper diagnosis.
May 11
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Mother Hungry
Mother Hungry
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Just a Girl
Some things we don't remember writing — but we remember the feeling that made us pick up the pen.
Apr 27
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Debra King
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