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The Truth in Fantasy Fiction

Let me tell you about this experience I had over the holiday season last year. As you might expect, the little independent bookstore where I work was seeing an uptick in traffic—and, as you might expect, stress levels were higher than normal. For everyone involved. At one point near the end of the day, maybe…

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Storm Front – Summer Re-Read #1

The first in an old favorite series that, looking back, may be a little rough around the edges, but still promises a ton of fun and delightful intrigue as the books progress.

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My Own Kind of Magic

I want to tell you a story. When I was a senior in high school, I took a ceramics class with a couple of my friends. It was a third period class, early in the day, and afterward we would all have to go our separate ways again to our fourth period classes. Usually, one…

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Writing Prompt

Writing Tips & Tricks

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song
above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

 

Thorin Oakenshield, The Hobbit