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Samantha Holloway

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in Marietta, The United States
May 28, 1980

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Samantha Holloway is unfit for anything but writing expansive fantasy and the occasional science fiction story, so she does it full time. She's the author of the upcoming epic fantasy novel Married to the Wind, and has published dozens of book reviews, TV reviews and a few short stories. In between writing and thinking about writing, she lives in North Carolina with an aptly-named cat called Ninja, wears too much jewelry, runs a home made nail polish company for a lark, and subsists mostly on tea. ...more

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Samantha Holloway Well, I've been writing long enough to think that writer's block is usually a symptom, not a condition. If it's new, I'll take a shower or wash dishes…moreWell, I've been writing long enough to think that writer's block is usually a symptom, not a condition. If it's new, I'll take a shower or wash dishes, something that occupies my hands without stressing my brain, and just sort of idly mull over whatever the plot problem is. If it's longer, I'll go for a walk, work in the garden, read, watch a movie. If it's something that's been going on a while, I'll look for ways to destress--because nothing messes up a flow like a stressed-out brain. And if it gets really really bad, I'll work on something else entirely for a day or three, and then do a lot of brainstorming and planning before getting back to work. And then just write through it. You can't run from or hide from writer's block. You have to find ways to push it down and keep going!(less)
Samantha Holloway Being able to explore strange new worlds. It's a really nerdy answer, especially phrased that way, but it's really what I love the most. Watching a wo…moreBeing able to explore strange new worlds. It's a really nerdy answer, especially phrased that way, but it's really what I love the most. Watching a world with history and cultures and peoples and a map grow out of a little vague idea is amazing, and it's my favorite part!

Second favorite is holding an actual physical book in my hands and knowing people I've never met are reading it!(less)
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Why the whole daily gratitude thing doesn't work for me

I want to be one of those people that's just grateful for everything, but I'm not. Periodically, I try to do a daily gratitude challenge, and every single time, I stop part way through.

Because it's false. It's fake. It's not real.

After a week or two, I run out of new things to be happy for, and once I have to go digging, or once I have to find new ways to say what I already said before, it stops f Read more of this blog post »
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