It’s me, Anne. I’m showing up with as much truth as I can in writing, reading, creating, and relationships… even through days when it’s hard to show up at all.
All any of us really has to draw on is our own stories, each with our own unique collection of perspectives. Mine are writer, teacher, professor, autistic, abuse survivor, truth-teller, parent, aspiring artist…
What’s YOUR story?

The latest:
- What’s keeping me writing?https://open.substack.com/pub/anneelrodwhitney/p/whats-keeping-me-writing-this-week-f8b?r=3bm6p6&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
- What’s keeping me writing this week, #2Yes! I have indeed been writing! And Taylor Swift is involved. Sort of. Go ahead; read about it.
- New habit?! What’s keeping me writing this week.I am the worst habit-former in the world. My longest streak on the latest habits-and-routines app I am using (Fabulous is really fabulous) is a whopping TWO DAYS. (And that’s not … Continue reading New habit?! What’s keeping me writing this week.
- Fear of the Unknown (Stories I thought I Knew)Happy to share this piece from over at my Substack. It’s part of what I think will be a new book, memoir-ish and full of my shitshow trauma learning over the … Continue reading Fear of the Unknown (Stories I thought I Knew)
- What it felt like to face the man who sexually abused me in courtIt felt strong. It felt brave. It felt powerful. It also felt sad. Unexpectedly, desolately sad. I’ve always said “When I have an emotion, I’m usually last to know.” That’s not … Continue reading What it felt like to face the man who sexually abused me in court
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