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  • Quaint and Curious Volumes

The Life and Evolution of the Creepypasta

  • Eve Taft
  • Posted on April 14, 2021

I spent a lot of my teenage years trawling through creepypasta.com because, as is apparent…

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  • A Place Where It Rains

We Can Rebuild You: Fanfic and Character Development

  • Tracy Townsend
  • Posted on January 27, 2021

As John Appel pointed out recently, writer Twitter can be counted on to have a…

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  • Spaceships and Notebooks

Writing Exercises for Fun and Profit

  • KT Howard
  • Posted on January 18, 2021January 17, 2021

Well, maybe less profit. These are just exercises, after all. If you want to buff…

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  • The Female Frontier

2020 – My Year with Women Creators

  • Joanne Askew
  • Posted on December 14, 2020

At the start of this year I made a vow that 2020 would be the…

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  • Spaceships and Notebooks

Tips for Hosting a Virtual Writing Retreat

  • KT Howard
  • Posted on September 25, 2020September 21, 2020

In my two previous blog posts, I recommended a bunch of queer speculative fiction for…

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  • A Place Where It Rains

The Chain of Consequence: Character Agency in Fiction (and Bedtime)

  • Tracy Townsend
  • Posted on July 24, 2020July 20, 2020

I’m trying to get out of the habit of sleeping with my phone at my…

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  • Foggy Mornings

Joy and Pain in the Time of Lazy-fication

  • Ann Langley
  • Posted on July 20, 2020July 19, 2020

As children, we are taught that summer is composed of the laziest months of the…

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  • Tea with Strangers

The Seven of Wands: Keep Writing Anyway

  • Tisdale Flannery
  • Posted on December 4, 2019November 23, 2019

The military jeep bounced over ruts as it approached the town. The walls in front…

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  • A Place Where It Rains

Why You Can’t Just Kill the Dog

  • Tracy Townsend
  • Posted on October 28, 2019

Recently, a college friend of mine reached out on social media to let me know…

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  • Tea with Strangers

The Three of Swords: Facing the Darkness

  • Tisdale Flannery
  • Posted on August 2, 2019July 27, 2019

A letter from your sponsors Dear reader, Today, your host is missing. The interviewer who…

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