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Overthinkings: Fantasy Maps and Making Your Story World Real
Sunday I start a residency with Hypatia in the Woods. Two weeks of solitude, writing, and Trader Joe’s freezer meals. This is every mother/writer’s dream. In order to make this… Read more ⇢
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Hyperfocus of the Week: The Salem Witch Trials through Podcasts
Moss and I headed up to Vancouver for a Sabaton concert this week and we took the opportunity to listen to several podcasts about the Salem Witch Trials. It happened… Read more ⇢
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Overthinkings: When A Character isn’t Working…
Sometimes we write a character and they just aren’t working. Maybe they don’t need to exist? Maybe they aren’t functioning the way we need them too? Maybe they feel flat?… Read more ⇢
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Overthinkings: Avoiding Avoiding
One of my favorite things about writing historical fiction is the research I get to do. Diving deep into a hyper focus and learning everything about some niche topic is… Read more ⇢
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Hyperfocus of the Week: Parenting (again)
Thursday marked my last first day of Daisies. With three girls, each eight years apart, I have been a Girl Scout mom since 2011. Linden has been longing to be… Read more ⇢
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Books My Friends Recommend: The Astral Library
The Astral Library by Katy Quinn is a fantasy book. Alix is a down on her luck former foster kid who finds herself in a sentient library that allows patrons… Read more ⇢
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Hyperfocus of the Week: Writing the Trojan War in 1000 words or less
For my LARPing class next week, the kids will be reenacting the battle for Troy. Technically we are starting with Eris and the apple and ending with “rescuing” Helen (LeAnn… Read more ⇢
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Overthinkings: Tips for Novels in Stories
I am currently working on several projects in several mediums. Above is a resin cast burl that will be part of a wizard staff. But I’m also writing a novel… Read more ⇢
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Hyperfocus of the Week: Magic the Gathering
Well, I’ve reached a new level of nerdiness. That’s right, Moss and I have learned how to play the card game, Magic the Gathering…sort of. Perhaps I should say, Moss… Read more ⇢
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Overthinkings from the Parking lot: Genres and More
“What’s your novel about?” Is one of the first questions we as writers have to answer. And yet it can be such a loaded question. Are they asking about the… Read more ⇢
