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When the stars imploded billions of years ago, iron and silver, gold and carbon came raining down. And the iron from that stardust is in us today – in our mitochondria. Mothers pass on the stars and their iron to their children. Who knows, you and I might be made of the dust from one […]

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Favorite angsty quote of the week

There is nothing in the world, neither man nor Devil nor any thing, that I hold as suspect as love, for it penetrates the soul more than any other thing. Nothing exists that so fills and binds the heart as love does. Therefore, unless you have those weapons that subdue it, the soul plunges through […]

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Unleashing Readers

I always love getting a Twitter notification that a new reader has found my book and tweeted about it, but this one in particular delighted me. There’s a new review of TSSoE at Unleashing Readers, a blog by two educators with a wonderful set of reading recommendations. (Yes, it’s reading recommendation day here at my […]

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Excellent list of book recommendations for today’s times

Even before my book came out, I heard from a blogger who highlights the issues of social justice in young adult literature. I was delighted to learn there was such a blog in the world, and was gratified by the attention they helped bring to my book. If you haven’t yet checked out Pirate Tree, […]

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What it’s like in my crazy head

Last night I had a dream that the Trump administration finally unveiled its plan for the border wall. They invited people to go check it out. But you had to sail out to the Atlantic to see it, because it floated. Yes, floated. It was like those toddler play forts you buy at Toys R […]

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Was 2016 the worst year ever?

I belong to several “secret” online groups of writers, and we connect via email and on Facebook. It’s fun having a place to celebrate and commiserate with other people who have this crazy itch to make stuff up, so I really cherish these communities. The other day, noticing that one group had been pretty quiet, […]

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Families for the holidays

Is your family awesome? Or a little nutty? Do you look forward to the holidays with them, or do you inwardly groan at the thought of Uncle Tim starting in again with the politics? I’ve been pretty blessed. My family is small but extremely cool, so I am really looking forward to the holidays this […]

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The fall of empires

December 14, 2166 – University of Edinburgh My junior year midterm thesis assignment: compare the fall of two of history’s empires Which ones I chose: the Roman Empire (509 BCE to 476 CE) and the American Empire (1776 CE to 2030 CE) How their demises are similar: Constant wars and overspending According to the ancient […]

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Baby, it’s cold outside

I can kind ofsort ofunderstand the overwhelm of some older (read: conservative) people in the face of a changing world. There was a time when complimenting a woman was a nice thing. Now it can get you fired. There was a time when a gay joke at a party got chuckles. Now it can get […]

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If only the world were magical

The night before last, I had a weird and rambling dream, which is a pretty common occurrence for me. It involved getting in a rickety plane, and having something of a near-death experience while the pilot squeezed the plane in sideways down narrow streets,like during the dogfights in Independence Day. When I finally arrived at […]

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