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Roz Warren

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  • Writing Coach, Editor and Freelance Writer, Freelance
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As seen in: Illumination, Medium, The New York Times, The Startup, HuffPost, Yahoo Finance, Reader's Digest (U.S.), The Christian Science Monitor, Newsday, YourTango and
Covers:  Life, Love and the Library
Writing Coach. Editor-for-hire. I write for everyone from the Funny Times to the New York Times. Work with me to make your writing better.

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Roz Warren’s Biography

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Writing Coach and Editor Roz Warren can help you improve and publish your prose. Roz (roSwarren@gmail.com) writes for everyone from the Funny Times to the New York Times and has appeared on both the Today Show and Morning Edition. Roz is the author of OUR BODIES, OUR SHELVES; A COLLECTION OF LIBRARY HUMOR and JUST ANOTHER DAY AT YOUR LOCAL PUBLIC LIBRARY, and the editor of the ground-breaking Womens’ Glib humor collections, including titles like WHEN CATS TALK BACK and MEN ARE FROM DETROIT, …

Roz Warren’s Journalist Portfolio

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Need a Good Editor? Get in Touch

Need a Good Editor? Get in Touch

Is There Anything Wrong with Creating a Medium Post That's Just an Ad for My Services as a Writing Coach? As …

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He Said He Was Single

He Said He Was Single

I'm a writer. After one of my essays ran in Money magazine, a reader who was, like me, in his sixties, emaile…

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How I Found Out About the Affair

How I Found Out About the Affair

It's the first question everyone asked. After they heard that the man I'd loved and trusted for 20 years had …

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I Am Not Like All The Rest: Funny Lines From Online Dating Profiles

I Am Not Like All The Rest: Funny Lines From Online Dating Profiles

After becoming single, I joined an online dating site. After a year of perusing profiles and meeting men for …

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Music and the lesson of love

Music and the lesson of love

I remember when my sister began playing the violin. She was 7 years old. I was 9 and had been playing the pia…

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My Night With Leonard Cohen

My Night With Leonard Cohen

At a downtown diner, we all crowded into a large corner booth, and the drummer told us we had caught the sing…

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Articles

I No Longer Want to Bury My Ex

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By Roz Warren Verified
| The Good Men Project Verified
During the final years of my marriage, whenever my husband used to corner me in the kitchen to berate me, I’d console myself by picturing his funeral. In particular, I would think about the satisfying sound the clumps of dirt would make as they hit his casket. Why did I assume I’d survive him? Well, I’m three years younger than he is. And he’s very tightly wound. The kind of guy who seems laid-back but has plenty of suppressed rage.
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I No Longer Want to Bury My Ex

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By Roz Warren Verified
| Medium
I No Longer Want to Bury My Ex I’ve buried the hatchet instead. Press enter or click to view image in full size Photo by John Thomas on Unsplash During the final years of my marriage, whenever my husband used to corner me in the kitchen to berate me, I’d console myself by picturing his funeral. In particular, I would think about the satisfying sound the clumps of dirt would make as they hit his casket. Why did I assume I’d survive him? Well, I’m three years younger than he is.
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How can a Single Medium Read be Worth $10?

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WE DON’T NEED NO STINKING PAYWALL How can a Single Medium Read be Worth $10? Press enter or click to view image in full size Photo by engin akyurt on Unsplash On August 1st, one person read this story: That single read brought in $10. How do I know? I learned about it the next day, when I checked my stats and noticed that a story I’d written four years ago had suddenly earned $10. Sometimes that happens. A story that hasn’t been read in years will suddenly get a bunch of new readers.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

I was born in 1954. Of course I've used a typewriter. A manual typewriter. Mom gave it away in 1972 and I still miss it.

How is social media changing news?

If it weren't for social media, I don't think we'd have President Trump.

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Email me at roswarrenATgmail.com