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Station Eleven Outside, Little House on the Prairie Inside
What genre are we living in? It occurred to me this week that I’m simultaneously living in two--science fiction outside my four walls and middle-grade fiction inside those four walls. Outside is an uncontrollable enemy threatening our very existence. Inside is a...
What I Read This Month – February, 2020
Zeitoun, by Dave Eggers I picked this book up at a used book sale, unable to explain my attraction to it. After finishing it, though, I felt like somehow my subconscious knew it would be highly impactful. Though nonfiction, the story has all the makings of a tense,...
Dread and Love: Two Faces of Writing
Yesterday a friend took me to task. She claimed I made two contradictory statements within 10 minutes. On the one hand, I declared that I loved to write more than anything. On the other hand, I mentioned that on Sunday night I dreaded Monday because I would need to...