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My name is Erica and I love to tell stories. I'm a frequenter of coffee shops all across the Chattanooga, Tennessee area, and most days you will find me at one of these with a pen in hand. My writings range from short fiction about 20-somethings, science-fiction, apocalypse imaginings, and a little philosophy here and there. I also write under the name Anna R. Kotopple.

My influences range across the board from bands I love, to the countless books I have crossed in my travels. You can access my first novel "Disarm," the sci-fi two-part work "Star Light, Star Bright," my zompocalypse novella "Timmad Dog," and the philosophical demonic story of "The Adventures of Pickles and Bea" on Amazon. Check out my new book: "A Fate Worse Than Death" whil
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Erica Tuggle You don't ask a plumber, "How do you deal with days where you have a stubborn clog? What's the plumber's block all about?" and I think this applies to…moreYou don't ask a plumber, "How do you deal with days where you have a stubborn clog? What's the plumber's block all about?" and I think this applies to writers as well. We all have days where the words just don't seem to want to work for us, but we can't resign ourselves to the cute condition of so called "writer's block." You are going to struggle to get your characters to say and do what you want them to. The best thing I have found is just to write something. Maybe it's a scene that's not going to be in the book, maybe it's a scene later down the road, and maybe it's something completely different like some free verse poetry. The point is, you are writing and your brain is working creatively in some regard, and that's going to be good for the process either way. (less)
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Feel the Burn of Midnight Sun: A Book Review

Oh boy. Here I am, coming out of semi-retirement of writing book reviews, to comment on the latest from the Twilight Series.





Midnight Sun: What To Know About The Twilight Spinoff And What It Could Mean For A Future Movie - CINEMABLENDLong, soulful gazes + ANGST = Juicy immortal love triangle



At this point, you should make a choice on whether this type of thing is worth your reading time. I’m not here to slam the book, but neither am I here to gush over it. It’s more about conclusion of a book I knew I was

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Ashly Lorenzana
“When you want to share something with another person more than anything, it is one of the most difficult things to realize that you can never have it. Accepting this realization is even more difficult. Loving someone does mean saying goodbye to them in some cases, though we will fight that until the oftentimes bitter end before doing the right thing.”
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Lev Grossman
“That was the thing about the world: it wasn't that things were harder than you thought they were going to be, it was that they were hard in ways that you didn't expect.”
Lev Grossman, The Magician King

Thich Nhat Hanh
“Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free.”
Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation

Ray Bradbury
“Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You’ve got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it.”
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Miyamoto Musashi
“1. Accept everything just the way it is.
2. Do not seek pleasure for its own sake.
3. Do not, under any circumstances, depend on a partial feeling.
4. Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world.
5. Be detached from desire your whole life long.
6. Do not regret what you have done.
7. Never be jealous.
8. Never let yourself be saddened by a separation.
9. Resentment and complaint are appropriate neither for oneself nor others.
10. Do not let yourself be guided by the feeling of lust or love.
11. In all things have no preferences.
12. Be indifferent to where you live.
13. Do not pursue the taste of good food.
14. Do not hold on to possessions you no longer need.
15. Do not act following customary beliefs.
16. Do not collect weapons or practice with weapons beyond what is useful.
17. Do not fear death.
18. Do not seek to possess either goods or fiefs for your old age.
19. Respect Buddha and the gods without counting on their help.
20. You may abandon your own body but you must preserve your honour.
21. Never stray from the Way.”
Miyamoto Musashi

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