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Smashing and Dashing Character Awards 2022–in which someone is even more sleep-deprived than I am
Hello friends! The first month of 2023 is nearly gone, but we still have some important 2022 business to attend to: We must discuss characters from books that I read last year! We must give them awards! Fortunately, there is a handy-dandy blog tradition that allows us to do just that. [This awards ceremony was…
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A vague, sleep-deprived recap of 2022
*wanders in looking vaguely lost and sleepy* Hello there, friends. If I’m not mistaken, I believe I’ve made it to the new year? *looks confusedly at map* *muttering wait a second, what kind of map is this anyway? it’s just a bunch of boxes with numbers in them and a big picture of a baby…
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One Quirk Later #17–Less than 25%
….Hi, friends. Life is a thing. It has been busy. I mean…I MISSED TWO QUIRKS. *collapses weeping* But I’m back for this one, so… *dabs away the tears with a handkerchief, straightening up bravely to face the world again* As always, Jem Jones is the distinguished host and we are the writerly goblins who do…
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Mini-Reviews–prose, undercover operatives, and the Black Death
Hello, friends! So….time is a thing. A lot of it has diminished and passed into the undying lands since I last graced you all with my presence. I’ve been quite busy–and I’m not exactly about to get LESS busy…but what else is new? A short update of the past few months: Anyhoo, I think it’s…
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In which I tell you everything about my book, except…what it’s about
Hello, friends! Bold of me to assume I would be gone for the month of May and then…come back at the start of June. Ha. The naivete. And I KNEW there were all kinds of things happening in June and July that would have me Very Busy, but…I was overly optimistic? Let’s just say, I’m…
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One Quirk Later #12–Moonstone (+ Hiatus announcement??)
Hello, friends! *banging and clattering from backstage as I try to find the intro for 30 seconds before shouting, Aw, just give ’em the fanfare.* *trumpet fanfare* Yes indeed, my friends. It’s time for another Quirk from Grandma Jem! You know the drill. And if you don’t, it’s as simple as A, B, C Agonize…
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Easter shenanigans with some familiar semi-feral children…
Hello, friends! Happy Good Friday! I just realized last night that this would be my last post before Easter, and wouldn’t it be nice to do something Easter-ish? I didn’t have any particular ideas, but I woke up this morning with some certain semi-feral children on my mind, and some Easter shenanigans ensued. (If you…
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