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A rare occurrence in my life
Hello dear readers, I write to you today from my favourite coffee shop, a latte at hand and a dear friend across the table. Today is writing club, our mostly-weekly meetup to write and yap and drink coffee, not necessarily in that order. Today I have a number of things I’d like to get done,…
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Nocturne sweaters & turkey soup: October so far
Hello dear readers, I write to you from my office, unwelcome sunshine burning through my windows. It’s mid-October and Thanksgiving has passed, but still it feels like early September—and I’m having none of it! But I can’t control the weather, and so I will focus on other things, like writing this hodge-podge list of what…
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The lead up to Novel November: writing, revising, & revisiting
Hello dear readers, I write to you from my office, the sun shining through the windows. Autumn has vanished as soon as it appeared, and we’ve been left with true Augtober weather¹. I’m wearing shorts and sunscreen! In October! No thanks. I wanted to share with you some exciting writing news: as of last Friday,…
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An unconventional & solitary Mabon
Hello dear readers, I write to you from my office, already on my third cup of coffee for the day. Autumn has finally begun, and with it, cooler days have crept in—even with the sun shining down. Unfortunately, the beginning of autumn didn’t go as planned. I had invited some friends over to celebrate Mabon…
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Splitting ourselves open to find the stories within
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