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October 8, 2023
October 2023 Fiction Project: Turning Leaves – Oct 8
This year’s October fiction project is a short middle-grade horror novel. The working title is “Turning Leaves,” but that will probably change. Here are the rules (which I am making up as I go along!): Write every day. Write about a thousand words every day. Write words the same day the characters would be writing …
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October 7, 2023
October 2023 Fiction Project: Turning Leaves – Oct 7
This year’s October fiction project is a short middle-grade horror novel. The working title is “Turning Leaves,” but that will probably change. Here are the rules (which I am making up as I go along!): Write every day. Write about a thousand words every day. Write words the same day the characters would be writing …
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October 6, 2023
October 2023 Fiction Project: Turning Leaves – Oct 6
This year’s October fiction project is a short middle-grade horror novel. The working title is “Turning Leaves,” but that will probably change. Here are the rules (which I am making up as I go along!): Write every day. Write about a thousand words every day. Write words the same day the characters would be writing …
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October 5, 2023
October 2023 Fiction Project: Turning Leaves – Oct 5
This year’s October fiction project is a short middle-grade horror novel. The working title is “Turning Leaves,” but that will probably change. Here are the rules (which I am making up as I go along!): Write every day. Write about a thousand words every day. Write words the same day the characters would be writing …
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October 4, 2023
October 2023 Fiction Project: Turning Leaves – Oct 4
This year’s October fiction project is a short middle-grade horror novel. The working title is “Turning Leaves,” but that will probably change. Here are the rules (which I am making up as I go along!): Write every day. Write about a thousand words every day. Write words the same day the characters would be writing …
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October 3, 2023
October 2023 Fiction Project: Turning Leaves – Oct 3
This year’s October fiction project is a short middle-grade horror novel. The working title is “Turning Leaves,” but that will probably change. Here are the rules (which I am making up as I go along!): Write every day. Write about a thousand words every day. Write words the same day the characters would be writing …
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October 2, 2023
October 2023 Fiction Project: Turning Leaves – Oct 2
This year’s October fiction project is a short middle-grade horror novel. The working title is “Turning Leaves,” but that will probably change. Here are the rules (which I am making up as I go along!): Write every day. Write about a thousand words every day. Write words the same day the characters would be writing …
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October 1, 2023
October 2023 Fiction Project: Turning Leaves – Oct 1
Perhaps foolishly, I have decided at the last minute to do a daily fiction project this year. I’ve done them before but I wrote flash fiction stories. This year, I started with my (relatively newfound) tradition of rereading Roger Zelazny’s A Night in the Lonesome October and went, “I am…totally jealous of that.” So. I …
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September 25, 2023
Sugar and Vice: Interview with Author Melissa Yi
The sin of gluttony comes calling for Dr. Hope Sze at Montreal’s first Dragon Boat Festival, as she volunteers for an unusual eating contest. Hope Sze is a creation of a friend of mine, emergency physician Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes, also known as Melissa Yi. Something you should know about Melissa: she is fast. She thinks …
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September 23, 2023
Book Review: Home Fries by Gene Wolfe
Home Fires by Gene Wolfe is a…Gene Wolfe book. I’m not sure how to describe either the book or my experience of reading it in any other way. (Long-time Gene Wolfe readers, please note that this is my first time through.) Inability to describe a Gene Wolfe book is par for the course, though. Gene Wolfe …
