The Sassigassity of Some Authors.

The Sassigassity of Some Authors.

By a.d. elliott | Take the Back Roads - Art and Other Odd Adventures

Dear Henry,

Some words don’t come from dictionaries; they come from front porches, kitchen tables, and the way people talk when they trust you enough to tell the truth plainly.

“Sassigassity” is one of those words.

It’s not just sass. It’s not just boldness. It’s the particular blend of confidence, nerve, humor, and lived experience that shows up in people who’ve been underestimated and learned to keep going anyway. You hear it in Southern kitchens, small-town conversations, family stories, and writers who refuse to sand down their edges to sound “acceptable.”

Writers with sassigassity don’t write to impress. They write to say something. They know when to be sharp, when to be funny, and when to let a sentence stand on its own without apology. There’s often a road behind them — literal or metaphorical — and the words carry the dust of places they’ve been and lessons they’ve learned the hard way.

Take the back roads long enough, and you start to recognize this voice everywhere. In diners. In handwritten signs. In older women who have zero interest in explaining themselves. And in writers who know that sometimes the most honest thing you can offer the world is a little well-earned audacity.

I may need to start using that one.

xoxo a.d.

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About the Author
a.d. elliott is a wanderer, photographer, and storyteller traveling through life

She shares her journeys at Take the Back Roads, explores new reads at Rite of Fancy, and highlights U.S. military biographies at Everyday Patriot.

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