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Mythology and other Fantastical Things: Nemesis, the Goddess of Retribution.
Read more: Mythology and other Fantastical Things: Nemesis, the Goddess of Retribution.According to the Greek goddess Nemesis, you can’t have things in your life progressing too well. That’s just not fair. Especially if you don’t deserve it. But they don’t necessarily have to be too terrible, either. Especially if you haven’t been behaving especially bad. Your fortunes should be somewhere right in the middle. A nice…
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Feb 1 ISWG Blog Hop: What’s Your Cover?
Read more: Feb 1 ISWG Blog Hop: What’s Your Cover?Happy Wednesday! The Insecure Writers’ Group is a group of writers offering motivation and encouragement to all those taking on the challenges of writing. Every month the ISWG sponsors a blog hop where writers can blog about a topic related to overcoming obstacles and exploring various aspects of the writing journey. If you’d like to…
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Dec 7 ISWG Blog Hop: Writing and the Holidays…Full of Spirit or Exhausted Grinch?
Read more: Dec 7 ISWG Blog Hop: Writing and the Holidays…Full of Spirit or Exhausted Grinch?Happy Wednesday! The Insecure Writers’ Group is a group of writers offering motivation and encouragement to all those taking on the challenges of writing. Every month the ISWG sponsors a blog hop where writers can blog about a topic related to overcoming obstacles and exploring various aspects of the writing journey. If you’d like to…
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November 2 ISWG Blog Hop: National Novel Writing Month, yes or no?
Read more: November 2 ISWG Blog Hop: National Novel Writing Month, yes or no?Happy Wednesday! The Insecure Writers’ Group is a group of writers offering motivation and encouragement to all those taking on the challenges of writing. Every month the ISWG sponsors a blog hop where writers can blog about a topic related to overcoming obstacles and exploring various aspects of the writing journey. If you’d like to…
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April 6 ISWG Blog Hop: What’s the Biggest Challenge of Making an Audiobook?
Read more: April 6 ISWG Blog Hop: What’s the Biggest Challenge of Making an Audiobook?Happy Wednesday! The Insecure Writers’ Group is a group of writers offering motivation and encouragement to all those taking on the challenges of writing. Every month the ISWG sponsors a blog hop where writers can blog about a topic related to overcoming obstacles and exploring various aspects of the writing journey. If you’d like to…
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A Hundred Glittering Lights
Read more: A Hundred Glittering LightsI love looking at the lights on the Christmas tree. I think that’s what I’ll miss most when the season is over. There is a lot of hope in the lights. They seem to contain a million thoughts—a welcome of rest and peace for the moment, promises of hope and answered prayers for the future.…
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Dear Book Character, You’ve Changed
Read more: Dear Book Character, You’ve ChangedIt’s an awkward, sort of sad moment. You pick up the sequel of a series you’ve always loved, thrilled to be resuming your journey with an old friend. Wow, you’re so excited to read the next chapter in the characters’ lives, to catch up and see what they’ve been up to while you’ve been apart.…
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Today I’m Grateful
Read more: Today I’m GratefulHappy Thanksgiving! If this is a day you celebrate, how are you celebrating today? For me, Thanksgiving has always been a special day. More than the food, more than the get togethers, more than anything really, Thanksgiving has always been about reflection. For me the day is a sort of pause, a day where time…
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The Halloween Parade
Read more: The Halloween ParadeHappy Halloween! It’s hard to believe that it’s been another year already, another fall, another season. It’s still early in the morning here as I sit at my computer writing this. Through my window the street is quiet. The sun is out, no one else is. But even though it’s early, soon the street will…
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Vampire Weekend Read
Read more: Vampire Weekend Read“Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!” -Bram Stoker, Dracula Who’s your favorite literary vampire of them all? I asked myself that question this weekend as I finished reading The Vampyre by John William Polidori, featuring the diabolical Lord Ruthven (spoiler, he’s definitely not my favorite vampire). It’s a popular…
