Tag: writing
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The Magical World
The Harry Potter fandom is a far more popular and wide-spread beast than the Newsies fandom, but no less significant to me. There is nothing that I could say about the series that has not already been said or felt by another fan. Like so many others, I feel a personal connection to the series…
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It’s A Hard Life
I was eleven years old when I first discovered Newsies. I didn’t even realize what I had discovered at the time. It took me almost a year to hunt down what it was that had so mesmerized me. But once I laid eyes on those dirty, incorrigible boys, they had me. They never let me go.…
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Meet the Author
It occurs to me that I spend a lot of time backspacing. In retrospect, I can see that my entries here are well guarded, heavily edited articles that don’t reflect a true image of who I really am. I know that I have written extensively about mental illness, but I almost always refer to it…
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The Writer’s Dilemma
As a writer, I think that I have some lofty expectations for myself that reach far beyond the confines of my novels. I have been really feeling myself fall short in these last couple of weeks, though. Being November, during NaNoWriMo, I think it’s alright for me to touch on something that I’m sure a…
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Push
I reached the point where I wanted to be a butterfly badly enough to stop living like a caterpillar. I looked around at my life, at all of the regrets and all of the heartache, and I told myself: “Stop it. Stop this cycle of mentally abusing yourself. You don’t have to live in these…
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Look Up
This is not my video, but I needed to share it with you. I’ve been in a little rut (a more ruttier place than my usual rut, even) these past few days. I have really wanted to work on my novel, even if only by reading for research or by organizing what I already have,…
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Post Script
I am doing a writing project that requires the participation of a lot of people, hopefully mostly strangers. It’s very simple so if you could please do me this favor, I would be so grateful! Whether or not you are going to participate yourself, please pass the address along to anyone you feel might wish…
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