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To Be Political or Not to Be Political
I find myself asking that question a lot these days. I live in the U.S. and if you haven’t been completely unplugged and out of touch with any living human being for the last year (or two really), you probably know we’ve been having a rather divisive political moment that…
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I’m Tired
In my last post — which was a month ago — sorry — I talked about my goals for 2018. One of those was to post on this blog regularly so you can see how well that’s doing. Other ones aren’t doing so bad. I’ve made progress on my book…
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2018 Goals – Kind Of…
So it’s getting to be near that time when everyone — writers included — are going to be talking about their goals or (seriously I just forgot what the word is that everyone uses to describe their goals for the New Year every time it rolls around???) whatever they’re called…
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My First Professionally Published Short Story – Pt. 2
Before reading this story, you might want to read the previous blog post, which gives you this story’s backstory! Hope you enjoy! Counterpoint When Christine hears the knock on her front door, she assumes it’s someone lost. Tourists do that around here, wandering until they see a sign of civilization…
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My First Professionally Published Short Story
A couple days ago I received an email from someone who saw a story of mine entitled “Counterpoint” in a book he came across in a hotel in Dublin. He complimented my writing and wanted to know where he could find a copy of the story to share with his…
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Introducing: Erin Struggles With Things
Introducing: Erin Struggles With Things!!! *throws ripped up scraps of notebook paper in the air as confetti* There’s a quote in The Newsroom, an incredible Aaron Sorkin show — seriously go watch it right now, and at least watch this clip if you watch nothing else — that I absolutely…
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Why I’m Not Doing NaNoWriMo This Year
I am a proud supporter, participator, “loser,” and winner of NaNoWriMo. I’ve been doing it for seven years now, with a few wins, a few “losses” (I use quotation marks because I believe just the attempt is a win because hey I tried and I got some words down and…
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Stepping Forward – Why Everyone Should Watch the New Beauty and the Beast
So I know I’m a bit late to this bandwagon, and I did see the movie when it came out months ago, but my love for the new adaption of Beauty and the Beast with Emma Watson was renewed now that it came to Netflix and I was able to…
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Yet Another Post on Battling Writer’s Block
You ever need to write something down to figure out what you’re thinking? Like argue it around and around in circles but not in your head, the way you’ve been doing for the last six elf lifetimes? Argue it around and around in a way you can see, in black…
Erin Lodes 