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There are hundreds of thousands of font styles out there in the world, and yet the mainstays in English and Latin-based languages typically boil down to just three: Times New Roman, Arial, and Helvetica. They are everywhere, whether we like it or not: from the papers we wrote in high school to the books we […]
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I started querying my novel in March of 2019. Sporadically, mind you. When I look back through the query history, I tended to cluster submissions together. A handful in April, one or two in May, half a dozen in June. I took breaks here and there, usually when I got a bit discouraged after another […]
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Oh, you know what time of year it is. Mm-hmm. If you’re like me, October is the month to let your fright flag fly free. Halloween decorations. Carved pumpkins grinning at passersby. Curling up under a blanket with a cup of hot cider, scaring yourself half to death with literally any Mike Flanagan movie or […]
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There is a vast body of work in the world of poetry, as there are talented poets across the world penning lines of verse that can grab you by the throat, gently take your hand, and resonate through your heart like the sweetest notes of a violin. It’s no surprise, then, that certain poems rise above […]
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I haven’t written in two months. I’ve blogged here and there for Book Riot. I helped out a friend with an edit. But real writing has come in jerky fits and starts, a sputtering engine that gives me a flare of hope before dying out just as quickly. There is a lot going on — […]
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