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“Self-sufficiency, dirty hands, reclamation, cooperation with nature, establishing a sense of place in a world that can often be hostile towards you…it is truly miraculous to harvest food from your garden.“
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Wrote 675 words of a new novella this morning; another paranormal military thriller. My goal was 500 words, so I'm off to a good start.
Yes. I find the more I give myself permission to write what I think is fun without worrying about whether it “matters,” the more I write stories that readers enjoy.
Also, this: “There is no escape: everything is a trope, and tropes are narrative tools, but they should not be the thing that defines your novel.”
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Everybody talking about reels on Substack but what Novenas are we praying right now?
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