Month: February 2025
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Why are we so fascinated by tales about wars in the stars? I’d say it’s because we project the chaos of our own little blue ball of rock to somewhere else out there, all because it’s easier than admitting we’ve got a universe of mess right here. We pin our hopes on imaginary worlds in…
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“The rest is still unwritten…” – Natasha Bedingfield I can hear the chuckles right now for referencing a Natasha Bedingfield song, perhaps easily her most famous, “Unwritten.” Lest we forget, though, that the future is still, in fact, unwritten. People may believe in Fate or Destiny, but trying to understand the threads that may well…
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“It’s the little things I see that most people don’t. Like the way birds fly backwards, forwards, and fall. How butterflies dance around in the air as if they’re weightless, and how flowers sway organically in the wind. Perhaps I care too much, and dive too deep.” —Emily Pratt Slatin Emily Slatin is a master…
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“Welcome to Catbridge High, where the battle of the bands isn’t just about winning over the crowd—it’s a fight for fame, fortune, and nine lives’ worth of legendary mischief. Enter Lunatics in Love, the feline phenoms with attitudes as sharp as their guitars and a playlist as chaotic as their lives. Tiffany Larsen, the band’s silver-furred siren,…
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I feel that there is a certain material grossness to the words that I have written in all times before now. I have never quite comprehended the source of my poetic and lyrical inspirations, and I can’t say that I quite do now, except to say that I seem to be a veritable well of…
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Literary agents play an essential role in the world of publishing, providing a bridge between authors and publishing houses. I have all the respect in the world for the talented literary agents who turn writers’ dreams into tangible realities. But, while they have proven to be indispensable for many, some authors choose to forgo an…
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My mind tends to wander more than most. At least, that’s why I’ve been told. Sometimes, this is a good thing, as I then discover trains of thought that haven’t left the station yet. Other times, I just derail. Also, what’s up with all these train metaphors? Anyway, where am I going with this? It’s…
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Standing out is one of the most difficult things to do. It usually entails having some talent or ability that makes you extraordinary somehow. It seems that I possess rare talents which serve no true conventional purpose. As much as I try to adapt, my talents are too precise to simply be wasted on the…
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There are many times in our lives when we are faced with questions we must answer but can’t possibly decide on the correct solution. When every apparent solution seems either impossible, impractical, or doomed to fail, you search for alternatives that aren’t at all obvious. For a short time, I felt like I was finally…
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In our culture, we now value anti-heroes more than super-heroes. Honestly, I think perhaps that our culture might be correct in idolizing imperfect people who perform heroic acts for less than heroic reasons, much like real life. Every time I have sat down to write a story about heroes, it never comes out well. On…