Time travel is a popular theme these days. At some point, most people find themselves thinking up their own scenarios and imagining what they would do. What if you had the chance to go backward or forward in time and tempt the universe, or universes, with your own blunders? You could create a paradox or…
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There’s an oft-quoted six-word story attributed to Hemingway that goes like this: For sale: baby shoes, never worn It turns out there’s no documented evidence to link this story to Hemingway, and it appears to have come from a play about his life. But it captures what we think of his style. Hemingway made a…
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It’s that time of year again! The pressure is on for parents to outfit their kids for success. For first-timers, it’s a bewildering season, and for non-humans there are extra considerations most parenting columns ignore. So, because we care, here are 5 tips for sending your monster back to school. Clothes New clothes are…
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On March 10th, 1997 we were introduced to Joss Whedon’s cult classic, Buffy the Vampire Slayer…and if you’re anything like me, you haven’t shut up about it since! It’s been over 20 years and the show continues to both keep it’s following and engross new viewers! But what is it about Buffy that makes…
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People often ask me how I manage a full-time private practice, which is a job and a half, and a writing career. The answer I would want to give used to be, “not very well.” It wasn’t always that way. But in the past few years, all the tasks became too much for me to…
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Surprise, surprise: I have weddings on the brain these days. Since I recently got engaged (just around a month ago), my brain is pretty much a fun mush of dresses, wedding decor, and florals. So to feed into that wedding fever, I’ve decided to rate some of my favorite fantasy wedding dresses! 5. Buttercup from…
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Sci-fi has come up with some pretty incredible ideas for future eating and some people aren’t waiting till then to try them. In Woody Allen’s movie, “Sleeper”, people were expected to eat low-carb and high fats and protein, long before Keto became popular. The days where we call steak and cream pies healthy aren’t…
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Do you love traveling? No matter where you fall into the spectrum of answers to that question, you can be sure there are some things to learn from Dr. Who. Now, there’s someone who knows about traveling! He’s been everywhere, in every time frame, with a number of different companions, in a multitude of cultures…
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Editing advice is depressingly easy to come by, especially when our work in progress is circling the drain. That’s when the armchair editors come out to play, usually with a sympathetic shrug and sad eyes. Then they gingerly toe our story as if it were a roadkill raccoon. Once we get past the impulse to…
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If there’s one thing I get excited about, it’s new books! I may have a small obsession with them! I particularly love YA Fantasy and Sci-fi books and right now is a wonderful time to be a YA reader! So many wonderful titles are coming out every week, and I’m here to let you know…
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