I remember the exact moment when I realized everything around me was about to change.
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I had hoped to simply sit NaNoWriMo out for a few years until it got through its growing pains. But it’s become clear that it is no longer an organization that I can support at all.
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Describing my comfort zone; discussing tropes I do and don’t want to write; answering a question about upcoming ideas; and sharing a strength.
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If I had to give a one-sentence evaluation of my writing during August 2024, I think I’d say something along the lines of, “you win some, you lose some.” But it hasn’t been enough to discourage me; rather, it has given me a reason to keep my momentum going.
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I felt horribly guilty for over a decade after my father died, which had reverberations for a significant part of my life. But I did not feel guilty after my mother’s death earlier this year. Neither of those means I’m doing it wrong.
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I’ve recently begun defining myself as primarily a shared universe writer. Why the change, and what does that actually mean, anyway?
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What if Catholicism was considered to be a fandom? The analogy is surprisingly apt, and can offer insights on both sides of the equation.
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Noticing a left-handed character in one show led me to re-discover a different show that I’d enjoyed, but forgotten. When I re-watched, it sparked my imagination — and it has kept right on doing so.
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Many people assume that my anti-abortion stance is based on my faith. That’s not true at all. In fact, it’s the other way around.
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