Category: Blog
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Why Did I Let Myself Stop?

I’ve been asking myself this question quite a bit of late: why have I let myself stop writing? It seems like a simple question, and it sounds exactly like one I feel like I’ve already answered— you know—with reasons like family trauma, work, and other things that keep me busy. But no matter how many…
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Life Finds a Way…
to get in the way. I’ve had a rough last few weeks. Life happened. Work happened, or should I say, my primary employment took over my life for a short while. I am in a transitional role, which is a great thing, but it also happened during a convergence of multiple things, meaning that I…
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Guest Post: Creating a Vibrant Character Your Readers Will Love
Creating a Vibrant Character Your Readers Will Love by Rachel L. Smith As a novelist and writer, I am always hoping for a reader to come back to me and say, “Wow, your character jumped right off the pages. I feel like I know them so well. I love them.” More often than not, readers…
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Lacking

I am full of grand ideas. They aren’t necessarily “grand” in quality, rather they are “grand” in that usually it means I would be biting off more than I can chew. (Given the way I eat, one would think that very tough to accomplish.) This week, another came to me. But it’s one that I…
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Avengers: Endgame
This is quick, spoiler-free review of the newly released superhero movie, Avengers: Endgame. Yesterday afternoon, I took my son out to see the movie. For the both of us, it was highly anticipated. Since seeing Thor: Ragnarök and Captain Marvel, he’s been especially excited to see the latest installment of the Marvel/Avengers saga, as have…