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7 Steps to Overcoming a Haircut Crisis: by Rapunzel, Anne, Jo, and Me
“It looks so good!” gushes the stylist. You nod vaguely, but inside you’re screaming, “Since when does ‘two inches’ mean ‘take it all’?” You came in wanting a simple trim (freshen up the layers, cut the split-ends, the usual), but one ambitious beautician and several pairs of scissors later you’re sitting open-mouthed in a nest Continue reading
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NaNoWriMo Problem #2
Feeling like you’re living two lives: one inside your story and one in the world. (Bonus problem: the fictional story feels more real.) Continue reading
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Occupational Hazards
My first National Novel Writing Month and I’m almost to the 8,000 word mark! So far I’ve only faced mild writer’s block, major inkstains, and a few hand cramps, but I supposed I can consider those occupational hazards. :) Continue reading
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Literary Madness: A Dangerous Disease Affecting Readers Everywhere
It’s over. It is finished. No, wait… one more annotation. Now. Now it is finished. But it isn’t! Arghhh!!! I know it is considered bad writing to use numerous exclamation marks, but I suffer from a fever that only excessive use of them can cure! (See, that sentence did not even need one, but my Continue reading
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Book Cravings
Have you ever just needed to reread a book? I mean, have you ever just felt so overwhelmed with the real world that you long to escape once more into “fairylands forlorn” with Lucy Pevensie or Bilbo Baggins? Or maybe you prefer dances and romance with Scarlett O’Hara or Elizabeth Bennett? Or perhaps even chilling Continue reading
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin: A Call to Serve a Different Master
“Tom read,—”Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”“Them’s good words, enough,” said the woman; “who says ’em?”“The Lord,” said Tom.“I jest wish I know’d whar to find Him,” said the woman.” ― Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin The woman in this excerpt from one of the Continue reading
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