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Sonya Rose Hartfield | Writer

@sonyarosehartfield.bsky.social

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Writer exploring liberation, resilience, grief, social justice, and healing through joy. Subscribe to my Substack Liturgies on Life and Liberation: https://open.substack.com/pub/sonyarosehartfield?r=1vy99t&utm_medium=ios

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Sonya Rose Hartfield | Writer @sonyarosehartfield.bsky.social · 4d

My new poem Sacred Treasures on SWIMM.

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SWWIM Every Day — SWWIM

by Sonya Rose Hartfield Never have I feared losing my shadow, it was always the fear of sewing it back to my toes, Wendy’s sharp needles piercing Peter Pan’s flesh with silk thread, bu...

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Sonya Rose Hartfield | Writer @sonyarosehartfield.bsky.social · 20d

Brian Recker’s new book Hell Bent is out today! If you grew up terrified of hell growing up or came to Christianity because of hell, this book will heal you. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/771172...

Sonya Rose Hartfield | Writer @sonyarosehartfield.bsky.social · 21d

Brian Recker’s new book Hell Bent comes out tomorrow! If you were plagued with fears of going to hell growing up, please read. It will heal your inner child. bookshop.org/p/books/hell...

Pre-order now. Hell Bent: How the Fear of Hell Holds Christians Back from Spirituality and Love.

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Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · Sep 21

Texr reads: Librarians are generals in the war on ignorance.

The image is a colored drawing signed by something like Lisis 2012.

It is a library with many shelves full of books. There is a tuxedo cat of typical size standing ok their hind legs holding 4 tiny books in front of them. The cat appears to be wearing glasses. But otherdie is typical cat. There is an open book on the ground.
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Sonya Rose Hartfield | Writer @sonyarosehartfield.bsky.social · 29d

These past month honestly has felt so heavy. Ever since Annunciation.

Sonya Rose Hartfield | Writer @sonyarosehartfield.bsky.social · Sep 21

Can’t wait for @smashfizzle.bsky.social ‘s memoir class this Monday!

Sonya Rose Hartfield | Writer @sonyarosehartfield.bsky.social · Sep 21

I would kill to meet her

Sonya Rose Hartfield | Writer @sonyarosehartfield.bsky.social · Sep 15

This is your reminder to step outside and breathe.

Sonya Rose Hartfield | Writer @sonyarosehartfield.bsky.social · Sep 11

Finding rest in the midst of the death of a man who advocated for a world where men's authority was built on the unpaid labor of women. #exvangelical #charliekirk
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Today, It is Ok to Rest

There seemed to be an unspoken rule in the Evangelical circles I grew up in that oldest daughters were the second mothers of the home.

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Sonya Rose Hartfield | Writer @sonyarosehartfield.bsky.social · Sep 10

I always wondered why I never found the show Seinfield or his stand up (from the show) funny and now I feel very validated.

Sonya Rose Hartfield | Writer @sonyarosehartfield.bsky.social · Sep 9

That’s exciting! It happens. It hard to balance everything. I have a house-based piece too that I had to put on the back burner for now due to some deadlines.

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · Sep 9

Focusing on what truly benefits kids, with their input, would save us all. I wish that, collectively, we desired a free future for children more than we desired the power to harm or control another adult. Every day I try to imagine that better world for all the children who should get to live there.

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · Sep 9

We sacrifice their future to focus on what we can deny one another (to punish, hoard power, or both).

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · Sep 9

More than anything else, the whole world runs on the disregarded suffering of children.

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Sonya Rose Hartfield | Writer @sonyarosehartfield.bsky.social · Sep 9

Magical ✨ 🐰

Sonya Rose Hartfield | Writer @sonyarosehartfield.bsky.social · Sep 9

I feel like you could write a whole memoir/creative nonfiction piece just about that house.

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Sonya Rose Hartfield | Writer @sonyarosehartfield.bsky.social · Sep 9

Omg there’s a Beatrix Potter Society???

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · Sep 3

Since my summer query one went so well, I’m doing another workshop in the winter.

Come hang! The goal is to help get a nonfiction book proposal wrangled up and polished.

These workshops will help fund my free events in the New Year. www.ericsmithrocks.com/blog/2025/9/...

Winter Workshop: Building the Nonfiction Book Proposal — ERIC SMITH

Hey friends. So my first attempt at a self-run workshop this summer was a really wonderful success. A few dozen folks signed up, we worked on query letters and opening pages, and at the end of the si...

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Sonya Rose Hartfield | Writer @sonyarosehartfield.bsky.social · Aug 30

So excited to join the Magic of Memoir series, featuring fantastic writers like @smashfizzle.bsky.social and @jeannineouellette.bsky.social, to dive deeper into the essentials of memoir craft. magicofmemoir.com?utm_source=s...

Back to the Basics

6 Foundational Memoir Craft Sessions, Sept 8-Oct 13, 2025

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · Aug 28

Little kids are having to use their bodies to shield friends from gunfire while armed soldiers are busy picking up trash.

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Sonya Rose Hartfield | Writer @sonyarosehartfield.bsky.social · Aug 29

Heartbroken by the recent tragedy in Minneapolis at Annunciation Catholic School.

This is not was childhood should look like. Children deserve to learn without fear.
#poetry #endgunviolence #neveragain #protectourchildren #poetsoninstagram #poetrycommunity

Sonya Rose Hartfield | Writer @sonyarosehartfield.bsky.social · Aug 27

My response poem 💔

Sonya Rose Hartfield | Writer @sonyarosehartfield.bsky.social · Aug 27

My response poem 💔

Sonya Rose Hartfield | Writer @sonyarosehartfield.bsky.social · Aug 27

My response poem 💔

Sonya Rose Hartfield | Writer @sonyarosehartfield.bsky.social · Aug 27

My response poem 💔