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With today being the day Americans celebrate Thanksgiving, and with being American and all that, I figured it would make sense to do a gratitude post today of all the things in my life I’m thankful for. So grab a cup of coffee, a leg of turkey, and settle in, because there’s quite a few…
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“So you see there is some ground for supposing that Curdie was not a miner only, but also a prince. Many such instances have been known in the world’s history.” “The Princess and the Goblin” by George MacDonald.* With a great deal of adventure, action, mystery and magic, with a young Victorian heroine even more…
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“I’m one of those writers who, when writing, believes she’s god-and that she hasn’t bestowed free will on any of her characters. In that sense there are no surprises in any of my books.” -Lynn Abbey I chose this quote today because it’s the complete opposite of how I feel when I write, and that…
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“She was always puzzled that people say that darkness falls. To her it seemed instead to rise, massing under trees and shrubs, pouring out from under furniture, only reaching the sky when the spaces near the ground were full.” “The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane” by Katherine Howe Since I adore the concept of this…
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A little while ago, I came across a post from a fellow RoWer (I can’t remember for the life of me right now who it was, arrrg!) who posted a few thoughts about the currency system in her novel, which got me thinking about doing some worldbuilding posts of my own, especially since Aryneth has…
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“We’d both read and seen enough romantic fiction to know that if the writer seems to insist on throwing two characters together, it’s their job to resist, for as long as they can, anyway. A silly reason not to love, I know…but are there any that aren’t?.” “Variable Star” by Robert A. Heinlein and Spider…