Kate Wicker

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Insomniac Turns Narcoleptic


Here’s what happens when you have a cold and still refuse to go to bed at a reasonable hour and like a hamster burning the midnight oil on a wheel, you run up and down the hall until 11 p.m. even though you are not a nocturnal rodent and your parents have shut their door and are completely ignoring the pitter-patter of your feet… You wake up the next day at the crack of dawn, completely exhausted, and end up collapsing on the kitchen floor where you remain motionless and silent for two hours, except for the time you talk in your sleep saying, “I want a peanut butter ‘samwich,’ Mommy. I’m ‘hungee.’”

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· October 24, 2007 · · Filed Under: Photos, Tales from the Trenches

Hi, I’m Kate

 

I'm the author of two nonfiction books Getting Past Perfect and Weightless, a storyteller*, overthinker, eating disorder survivor, mom of five, book junkie, socially awkward nerd as well as a speaker (so basically a walking and talking contradiction), and a perfectionist in recovery.

I am currently working towards my MFA in Fiction at Warren Wilson. Thank you to everyone who has read my drafts, offered feedback, and cheered me on. The writing life is often solitary, but I wouldn’t be here without a community of support.

 

*Imperfect motherhood story for Rabbit Box (no children will harmed in the telling of the story and Mom had permission to share this video)

*Some BODY to Love story for Rabbit Box

 

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