Category: Opinion
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Stealing from another house
It’s no secret that I’ve got a bit of a sore spot regarding certain elements in fiction: specifically, I’m frustrated by a glut of fiction featuring Tolkien’s Elves/Dwarves/Men, the standard Vampires/Werewolves civil war, the obsession with Norse and Greek mythology. It’s not that these elements are bad– not by a…
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31 Day Blogging Challenge: Fueling the Muse
Yesterday Tilla Brook said “I’m wondering what kind of snacks might help me to keep going! I’m more of an olives and crisps girl myself.” It’s no secret: I love food. I love making it, I love eating it, I love sharing it with friends and family. I’m a firm believer…
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The road goes ever on and on…
I have yet to meet anyone who’s hiked the Appalachian Trail by accident– you swear, you just stepped outside to get the mail, but 2,000 miles later you looked up and realized you were in Maine. That kind of hike takes preparation. You wear your most comfortable hiking boots, you…
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Beating depression over the head with a monkey wrench
If you haven’t read it yet, I implore you to head to Hyperbole and a Half for her take on the subject of depression. I dealt with that same brand of depression a while back. Though therapy and pills didn’t work, I finally found my corn (and I swear to…
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Adventures with Scrivener
Until now, I’ve only really used a few features of Scrivener: the goal and wordcount feature, the folders, the ‘split at section’ command, and occasionally the research file. This time I’m trying something different. I wrote the whole of this draft in Microsoft Word. Because I wasn’t using any features aside from…
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Opinion post: Trilogies
Most of the time I try to keep my blog about semi-professional-sounding stuff. Namely the craft of writing. But that’s burnout for me and I don’t think it gives nearly enough content to you, so I’m going to try something a little bit different. On Saturdays I’ll be posting more…
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