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From Fantasy to Dystopia: My Journey to Finding Stories That Matter
When I was a kid, I was fascinated by books that took place in ancient places. The hyperlexic kid that I was, I devoured fantasy stories and stories with old haunted castles. Anything I could get my hands on that… Continue reading
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The Home Stretch
For the first time in years, I’m approaching the end of a novel with an ending that’s fully planned out. Only a handful of chapters to go, so it’s barely even a question of maintaining momentum at this point. And… Continue reading
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Bringing Passions Together: Native Plants Knowledge & Writing
When you’re a writer, you tend to go down some weird rabbit holes doing research, and sometimes, it’s not even for things that end up in your writing. You might spend an hour and a half researching the worldwide effects… Continue reading
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Healing through Writing: Recognizing Trauma in My Characters
This is, perhaps, a heavy topic for my third blog post. But it is a not-insignificant part of my writing and writing process, so it seemed appropriate to cover. I was speaking recently with a good friend about how hard… Continue reading
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The Behemoth: A Return to Normalcy
In 2019, I applied and was accepted to the English master’s program at Minnesota State, Mankato for the 2020 year. If only I had known at the time what the world would look like by the fall of 2020, maybe… Continue reading
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