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Flash Fiction: The Future
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” — Peter Drucker You stand at the open crystal-paned window and gaze casually out at your pristine emerald-green lawn. The individual blades catch...
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Flash Fiction: Return
“Delay is the deadliest form of denial.” — C. Northcote Parkinson When she came back, I cried. When she came back, I died. When she came back, I tried. When she came back, I lied. I cried because she...
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Book Review: ‘Crooked Kingdom’ (2016)
The short: 4.5/5 ✦. A truly worthy successor to the amazing Six of Crows, Crooked Kingdom thrills the mind and delights the soul with its heart-pounding plot and incredible characters. The long:...
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2016 Reading Challenge
It’s that time of year again! How well did y’all do with your reading? I mean, I didn’t complete any of the four challenges I had (that’s right: FOUR), but I did stretch my reading boundaries a bit and...
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Short Story: Return (Cold Spot)
“Alive or dead, the truth won’t rest. Rise up while you can.” — Mira Grant, Feed The trouble with Death was that he was never around when you actually needed him. I kicked a couple syringes on the...
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January 2017 Journal #1
Quote of the week: “Documenting little details of your everyday life becomes a celebration of who you are.” ― Carolyn V. Hamilton, Art Improv 101: How to Create a Personal Art Journal Introducing a new...
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Flash Fiction: Last Words
“Don’t let it end like this. Tell them I said something.” ― Pancho Villa The wood floor was hard. It pushed unforgivingly against Miki’s spine. The blood was warm in her mouth. It tasted of pennies....
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Book Review: ‘The Reader’ (2016)
The short: 4/5 ✦. A remarkable debut book about books, magic, assassins, pirates, and the power of knowledge. The long: I’m beginning to think I enjoy books best when going in mostly blind (I have to...
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Flash Fiction: The Storm
“You have to accept the storms and the rainy days and the things in life that you sometimes don’t want to face.” — Bai Ling “Y’all aren’t from around here, huh?” A smile tugged at the side of Lindsay’s...
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January 2017 Journal #2
Quote of the week: “Journal writing is a voyage to the interior.” ― Christina Baldwin Welcome to the second installment of this month’s journal challenge! It’s cold, you guys. Real cold. In California....
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Book Review: ‘Double Down’ (2016)
The short: 4/5 ✦. All right, folks, you know how this goes. It’s a Wimpy Kid book! THEY’RE HILARIOUS. The long: To be truly fair, this Diary of a Wimpy Kid wasn’t the most hilarious of the whole...
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Flash Fiction: Robots in Disguise
“There’s a thin line between being a hero and being a memory.” — Transformers (1984), “More Than Meets the Eye, Part 3” The room was smaller than Hex remembered. Which, of course, made sense, because...
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February 2017 – Journal #1
Quote of the week: “This pouring thoughts out on paper has relieved me. I feel better and full of confidence and resolution.” — Diet Eman, Things We Couldn’t Say It’s February! The month of love and...
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Book Review: ‘The Midnight Star’ (2016)
The short: 4/5 ✦. The well-crafted, ultimately satisfying conclusion to the Young Elites series. The long: When last we left our Elite . . . well, they’re not heroes, are they? Not really. At least,...
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Flash Fiction: Old Friends
“If something is there, you can only see it with your eyes open, but if it isn’t there, you can see it just as well with your eyes closed. That’s why imaginary things are often easier to see than real...
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Editing: 5 Job Sites for Freelance Copy Editors
The bad news: Your last project just ended, and now you must look for work again. The good news: there are plenty of places to look! Ah, the life of the freelancer. So free. So flexible. So . . ....
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Book Review: ‘Gemina’ (2016)
The short: 4.5 ✦. The followup to Illuminae, this exciting epistolary novel is just as fast-paced and interesting, if not quite as suspenseful. The long If Illuminae was 2001: A Space Odyssey and Shaun...
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Short Story: Magical Real Estate, Part 1
“There have been few things in my life which have had a more genial effect on my mind than the possession of a piece of land.” — Harriet Martineau “This house is an enchanted little home. As you can...
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Editing: A Masterlist of Editing Resources
A masterlist of multiple resources that could be helpful for editors, copy editors, proofreaders, and even writers! This may come as a shock to some of you, but this isn’t the only copy editing website...
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Book Review: ‘Empire of Storms’ (2016)
The short: 3/5 ✦. The penultimate book of the Throne of Glass series, and it feels like it. The long: It took me a mo’ to figure out my rating for this book. The Goodreads’ system calls 3 “a like” and...
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