Becoming a writer with Sara Easterly

<p><span data-slate-leaf="true" data-offset-key="137:0">Sara Easterly is a writer, but it's taken some time for her to own that as her work identity. As with many of us, there are traces of it all the way back to her younger years. But it took some time for that part of herself to identity to emerge.</span></p> <p><span data-slate-leaf="true" data-offset-key="137:2" data-slate-fragment= "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