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Anne Marina Pellicciotto
Author | Creativity Coach | Workshops
Anne Marina Pellicciotto is a three-time DC Arts and Humanities Fellow for Literature and Pushcart-nominated essayist whose work has appeared in HuffPost, The Independent, and The Rumpus. A certified yogi, she knows the body holds trauma — and the power to release. As founder of SeeChange, she coaches clients through their own creative, healing journeys.
Committed to her BIG Beautiful Book Goals, Marina has just completed her manuscript - after a decade in the works (and REwords), and presently seeks representation for STRINGS ATTACHED. Her debut memoir, it's a page-turning survivor’s story and a hope-infused heroine’s journey. Her essay, “Someone to Swim With,” draws from the memoir and was recently published in The Rumpus. Marina leads a bifurcated writing life — taking respite from the heat of Washington, DC to flow with her muse on Chincoteague Island, VA.
Books
Strings Attached:
A Memoir of Music, Marriage and Escape
Status: complete, seeking representation
A reckoning with childhood sexual abuse, family silence, and the tangled legacy of a charismatic predator. Marina traces how violation shaped her life—and how she finally learned to reclaim her voice, her body, and her power.
Crooked:
A Cross-Country Nomad Healing Journey
Status: in progress
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When degenerative scoliosis forced Marina to stop running from her pain, she spent four years on a nomadic healing journey across America. Part travelogue, part healing manual, this book maps the geography of transformation—from suicide ideation to embodied joy, one breath at a time.
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Dance the Huapango: The Mad-cap Adventures of a Mid-Career
Peace Corps Volunteer
Status: first draft complete
Stories from two years of service South of the Border where cultural immersion, linguistic fumbling, and unexpected friendships taught Marina what it means to truly see and be seen.
Publications & Community
Newly Out
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"My Doctor Gave Me A Devastating Diagnosis. A Year Later, My Follow-Up X-Rays Revealed Something Shocking." - HuffPost Personal - Feb 7, 2026
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"Someone to Swim With" - The Rumpus - May 29, 2026 https://therumpus.net/2026/05/29/someone-to-swim-with/
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"Ghosting Your Own Book: How to Cross the Finish Line When You Want to Run Away" - Jane Friedman Blog, https://janefriedman.com/ghosting-your-own-book-how-to-cross-the-finish-line-when-you-want-to-run-away/
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Readings & Literary Community
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Inner Loop Literary Series, Reader, June 2026 https://theinnerlooplit.org/
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Bay to Ocean Writers Conference, Workshop Leader, "Movement and the Muse," March 2026
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Prose Playbround, Member & Workshop Leader, "Find Your Flow," September 2026
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National Women's Book Association, Member - Mid-Atlantic Region & San Francisco Chapters
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The Writers Center, Member, Bethesda, MD
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Query Club, Co-Founder and Facilitator, Online
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Past Publications
Essays & Creative Nonfiction
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"Saudade Brazil aka Pineapple Blues," Grace in Love, Grace & Gravity Literary Anthology Volume X (May 2023) - Editor's Prize, Pushcart Prize Nomination
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"How a Hawk Lured Me Out of a Dark Holler Into the Creative Light," Women Who Submit (June 2021)
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"The Election Wasn't Stolen, But the Inauguration Was," The Independent (UK, January 2021) - https://www.independent.co.uk/author/anne-pellicciotto?CMP=ILC-refresh
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"Rediscovering Myself in Brazil," More Magazine
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"Eye of a Stranger: Discovering Power through the Lens," Hear Us Roar! 28 Stories of Everyday Women Leading Extraordinary Lives
Poetry
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"Consummation," North Carolina Bards Poetry Anthology 2024
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"Courtship," Verse-Virtual (May 2022)
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"High Sierra Synchronicity," video poem, Tales from the Trail
Substack & Blog
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MarinasMuse - Substack exploring wounds, love, Tantric goddess energy, and the power to heal. https://substack.com/@marinasmuse
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SeeChange Blog - Stories of transformation and embodied living
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