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these pages make handy paper airplanes
Here are the stages of consciousness when writing a book: I love it I love it I love it I HATE IT I love it I love it I am brilliant WHO...

maryelise555
Jul 27, 20201 min read
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speed
I haven’t been writing lately. Instead, I’ve been whisked along through my days as if I were in some wacky tornado, galloping here and...

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Mar 30, 20202 min read
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how can we not
I discovered some photos on the Internet, which I found sifting through one website, and then another, and then another – you know how...

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Mar 30, 20202 min read
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assorted thoughts from the dilettante
I’ve been thinking lately about the often alarming matter of being much too jumbled and disparate in my interests, and have come to the...

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Mar 30, 20202 min read
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bad hair = good inspiration
I woke up this morning resembling Albert Einstein, my hair stuck straight up illimitably, in places it has never ventured before. Lately,...

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Mar 30, 20202 min read
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in which i flee like atalanta and crave a pancake
I’ve been doing a bit of running, and it’s been pretty fabulous. I wasn’t sure how I would feel about it, since the last time I ran any...

maryelise555
Mar 30, 20203 min read
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illusion versus spirit
Recently, in the midst of a debate on the process of writing, a fellow writer suggested that writing a novel isn’t magic. It is, I...

maryelise555
Mar 30, 20202 min read
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the best story i ever ate
I’ve been re-hashing my old blog posts lately, due to the unwanted appendage you might call writer’s block. I like to call it “work.” Or,...

maryelise555
Mar 30, 20202 min read
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in which self-consciousness is thrown to the wolves, and a culinary metaphor is utilized
I stared blankly at the screen. No amount of will, or begging, could make the words come – at least, not in the way I wanted. I began to...

maryelise555
Mar 30, 20203 min read
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