L.S. Engler

Inspiration

  • Awesome Arynethian Females Volume I.

    So, a while ago, Infinite Free Time put up this post about ten awesome fictional female characters (all of whom I agree with completely), and I thought of doing the same, but I don’t know how I could possibly choose ten of my favorites, and another thought struck me to turn it into shameless self-promotion.…

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  • Writing is a Gamble.

    Yesterday morning, I received an email from the editor of a publication about a story I had submitted to them a few months ago, the typical response you get used to, politely declining to use your story because it wasn’t what they were looking for. At least, that’s the response I usually get, and, though…

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  • Author Quotes: Shaw.

    “When I was a young man I observed that nine out of every ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.” -George Bernard Shaw. Interesting Literature posted yet another great set of quotes, this one from George Bernard Shaw, and this was easily the first to really grab me. It’s…

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  • Image of Inspiration: Lupita Nyong’o.

    With my head so far up Soulless‘s butt I can’t really see much else, I’ve been struggling to think of blog posts. I need to get some new fuel going, so I got to thinking about all those beautiful images I’ve been saving for prompts that I’ve found around the Internet and thought, “Ah-ha. Now…

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  • First Sentences Meme.

    Over on good ol’ Facebook, the fantastic Elizabeth Anne Mitchell tagged me on a writing meme. And of course I can’t refuse a writing meme! It’s a new one I haven’t come across, where you simply post the first sentence of the first three chapters of your WIP. Naturally, I wanted to take the chance…

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  • RoW80 Update: Everybody wants to go to EXIT.

    Yes, this is Monday, and RoW0 check-ins are on Sunday, but I wasn’t around much Sunday because Saturday, I went to Exit. Exit is a really seedy, old, late-night (or is it early morning?) punk bar in Chicago, and it’s pretty freaking awesome. The title of this post comes from an epic exchange where a…

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  • Review: The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila by Herself.

    “I was very glad, since I thought He meant I was to die soon, and the mere thought of this delighted me.” “The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila” by Herself. Perhaps we can blame my Catholic upbringing, perhaps we can blame the course I took in college that landed this book in my hand,…

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  • A Workaholic’s Work is Never Done.

    I don’t know if it’s just the incredible humid-hot weather we’ve been having (matched with my roommate’s reluctance to turn on the AC until it’s absolutely necessary) or what, but, lately, I’ve been suffering a crisis of distorted accomplishment. Toward the end of my work day, I start to feel like I’ve squandered everything away,…

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  • Allure of the Blank Page.

    Now, I know i said just yesterday that the waiting is the hardest part, but that was before I had a fresh new notebook in my hands. You see, many of you know that I write long-hand first, then transcribe it into the computer. And I’m very particular about the notebooks I use. No, not…

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  • RoW80 Update: Reflections and Conclusions.

    Round 2 of this year of A Round of Words in 80 Days has officially concluded, and there’s a little bit of time before the next one starts (July 7th! It’ll be here before we know it). A time to reflect and relax and rethink our goals and motivations. It’s also a time to look…

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