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The Writer’s Book Tag
Greetings friends! I have been long absent due to complex and overwhelming circumstance involving time thieves, Schuman, and Spanish verbs. But now, having thwarted the time thieves, fled from Schuman, and conjugated the Spanish verbs, I find myself able to write to you again. In short, I am back! Or maybe Schuman killed me and…
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A Few Words of Beauty and Wisdom (not from me of course)
Today I have some wonderful words of beauty and wit and wisdom. Regrettably, none of them are mine. Due to oodles of homework and running for my life, I lack sufficient time to bestow my great wisdom upon you. Because I do have great wisdom. As I’m sure you already know. Someday I will share…
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10 Signs That You are a Theatre Nerd
As everyone knows, there are 3 things that really matter in life: books, writing, cheesecake, and theatre. (Math does not matter) Today the focus is obviously on theatre and, more specifically, that delightful species theatricus nerdius. If you would like to know if you are one of these strange and wonderful creatures (or if you…
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August Recap- Reading, Writing, and Dickens
Hark! The end of August is upon us! How time flies when you’ve been rendered unconscious by the heat of the sun. But I will spare you my endless squawking about the heat and tell you about much more important things that happened this month. Like books. Books Mister Max: The Book of Lost Things…
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What Happens When a Bookworm Is Unable to Read Books (Terrible things, I assure you)
Terrible things happen when you take a bookworm away from their natural habitat. We are fragile, volatile creatures. We require books to survive and frequent visits to libraries, bookstores, and quiet, secluded rooms with comfy chairs to sustain us. If we are denied these, the consequences can be dire. Apparently whoever decided going to college…
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Beautiful People #27
Today I’m linking up with the Beautiful People meme hosted by Cait @ Paper Fury and Sky @ Further Up and Further In. If you are unfamiliar with the Beautiful People meme, it could be summed up with the subtitle “In which we writer folk do our best to answer a list of questions (provided…
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10 Backstories I Want Very Badly
Some people find origin stories tiresome and backstory a waste of time. “Let’s get to the good part,” they say. “Let’s get to the action!” By the fact that I am referring to such persons as “they” (and also by the title of this post), you have most likely deduced that I am not one…
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July Recap- Reading, Writing, and Other Stuff (Maybe? Do I even do other stuff in my life??)
I did a lot this July. And by that I mean I left the house (multiple times!), read a bunch of books, wrote a lot, and actually ate salad. I am very proud of myself. It’s amazing what you can do with a whip behind you or a school in front of you APPROACHING AT…
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My 10 Favorite Actors
Quite a while ago I did post on some of my favorite actresses, promising to do one on my favorite actors some time in the near future. Near is relative, my friend. Has it been 30 years? No. It has not. That would be distant future. One year? Near future. Therefore, no one has any…
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Weapons for Fighting Writer’s Block
If you are like 100% of writer’s, you are familiar with the Block of doom that belongs to all of our kind, though we never asked for it and we certainly don’t want it. Unfortunately, any time we manage to lose it, some well-meaning jogger or visiting botanist sees it sticking out of a bush…
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