Projects
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“No one ever really gets used to nightmares.” “House of Leaves” by Mark Z. Danielewski House of Leaves is one of those books that has showed up on countless recommended reading lists in my life that, for whatever reason (most likely because it was on so many recommended readings lists), I never got around to…
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October means a lot of things to many people. It’s the approach of autumn, it’s the time where I’m pretty sure pumpkin spice is legally mandated to infiltrate everything consumable, and it’s all topped off with the spooky fun spectacle that is Halloween. Of course, there’s something very particular that it means to writers: “OHshit,…
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I can think of very few tests to your will as a writer than transcribing your written draft into a typed one. Having about three different projects for which I have filled up entire notebooks already, I decided it was time to get a jump-start on the typing portion of my writing by going ahead…
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“…it would be exactly like the Mycenaeans to draw it instead of domesticating it.” “Greece in the Bronze Age” by Emily Vermeule Anyone who knows me knows that I’m an absolute nut for books, especially old books that appear to have seen their fair share of use and enjoyment through the decades. When my fiance’s…
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One of the skills I’ve been trying to cultivate this year is the ability to keep plowing through a manuscript, even if I’m not “feeling it.” The most important thing is that I’m still writing toward an end point; making it perfect and improving it can wait for the edits. I’ve found that I’m very…
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“She had felt somehow that she, by mere exertion of will, could keep him alive, could bring him healing. It seemed impossible for him to die while she lived.” “Magic: The Gathering: The Thran” by J. Robert King Everything has a beginning and this stand-alone book in the Magic: the Gathering series is the beginning…
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“…for nothing contributes so much to tranquillise [sic] the mind as a steady purpose–a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.” “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley Considering how much of an avid reader I am and that my degree encompasses a Literature focus, it’s a little staggering how few of the ‘Classics’ I’ve…
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Lately, I have become One of THOSE people. One of which people, you may ask? One of THOSE, the type of people who post pictures of their culinary adventures online. So far, most people don’t seem to mind and I’ve been given accolades by my coworkers for my fine cooking finesse. One of my friends…
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