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A. R. Mitchell is an author and researcher from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. She loves 1940s action adventure pulps, archaeology and spy fiction. She believes in experiencing her research as much as possible. Her other interests include criminal justice, archaeology, mythology, intelligent conversation, and excellent fiction fodder.

She has written numerous short stories and novels, including historical thriller 'Red Trouble,' romantic comedy 'Love and Shotguns' and the conspiracy adventure comedy series, 'The Casefiles of the Tinfoil Fedora,' and has a historical detective noir adventure 'Snake Catcher' on Amazon Vella.

She has also authored several non-fiction books about writing, including 'Your Story is Not An Agenda.'

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A.R. Mitchell I would be hunting archaeological treasures and knocking out bad guys with 1930s Indiana Jones.
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I would be hunting archaeological treasures and knocking out bad guys with 1930s Indiana Jones.
Check out my Wattpad for the Indiana Jones adventures: The Sidenstrasse Tapestry and The Seven Swords of Diya

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A.R. Mitchell Chocolate. Cheap documentaries. Classic noir movies from the days when a story or script was valued.

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New Emotional Regulation

As you discover new emotions there will be moments when you’re surprised by the intensity of the emotions that show up. This is true for any emotion, but especially new ones about experiences that you are trying to heal from.

While these new emotions seem terrifying or even jolting to your still healing nervous system, it’s important that you don’t ignore or stuff them. Stuffing emotions to kee

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Frontier Grit by Marianne Monson
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Tripped by Norman Ohler
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A little disappointed...

I feel like this is not as well researched as Blitzed. As I writer myself, I got the sense that he glossed over some of the shadier (more horrible) aspects… the concentration camps and human experiments and the CIA’s role in n
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Catch the Unicorn by Denis  Caron
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Best book I’ve read for marketing in a long time!
It’s thorough and reassuring without speaking down to writers and it can be used for a writer at any level of the book process… published or not yet published, or having been published and adding more
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The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston
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I’ve wanted to read this for years and it does not disappoint. This is a detailed and carefully prepared history and modern day pursuit of a legend that got bigger and bigger through the centuries. Not only is this a careful piece of scholarly work, ...more
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Bull's-Eye by Sue Macy
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Wonderful kid friendly detailed biography of an amazing lady sharpshooter. Contains maps, original photographs, show flyers and shows the humanity and hard work of Annie Oakely throughout her entire life.
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Bull's-Eye by Sue Macy
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Wonderful kid friendly detailed biography of an amazing lady sharpshooter. Contains maps, original photographs, show flyers and shows the humanity and hard work of Annie Oakely throughout her entire life.
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[(Drawing the Head and Figure )] [Author by Jack Hamm
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This is an older slightly more complicated method of drawing the head and figure. It’s a foundational methodology that serves well drawing in high detail across all age and culture groups. It is dated in the fashion sense and you’ll see that in some ...more
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