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looking back and looking forward

It completely was not my intention to disappear for 18 months after saying I’d be gone for a sixth of that. I even have a draft sitting in my posts from about a year ago about my blogging hiatus and everything that happened during it. For whatever reason, it’s just…

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winter update + spring goals (+ an announcement)

Hello, everybody, and welcome back to Quote, Unquote! The weather where I live is once again unpredictable and slightly infuriating. It was beautiful, sunny, warm weather last week, and on the day I write this it is snowing. Ah well, such is living in Michigan. If you don’t like the…

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the tbr book tag

Hello, everybody, and welcome back to Quote, Unquote! One of the things at which I have been steadily chipping away lately is my TBR pile. Since starting to use Goodreads to track my reading, it has been easier than ever to add a book to my TBR, and the pile…

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unearthing the origins of everyday idioms

Hello, everybody, and welcome back to Quote, Unquote! A few months ago I posted a list of literary terms along with their examples. Recently, a reader suggested that I do a similar post with common English idioms, and I thought that sounded like a fun idea, so here we are!…

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top tips for writing from an outline

Hello, everybody, and welcome back to Quote, Unquote! For the past three weeks, we’ve been diving into all things outlining and story structure in what I like to call Plotting School. The first week we explored why you should outline your story. Then we did an in-depth study of the…

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