Tag: Book
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Inspiration: The Name of the Wind
I had put off reading The Kingkiller Chronicles for years: partly because everyone raved about it, partly because there was a million and a half forums discussing it already, and partly because I don’t like reading unfinished series. I had multiple friends recommend it at completely different times, and I always made an excuse to…
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NaNoWriMo Begins
The end of October and beginning of November is one of my favorite parts of the year. Fall is a wonderful and magical time. Part of this is because of the witchy season, and part of this is because of the coming of the holidays, but mainly it is because it is a highly motivating…
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Inspiration: Gideon the Ninth
A recent read that inspired my sci-fi writing was Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, a book about lesbian necromancers in space. As I read the book, questions kept occuring to me, like ‘why are they using swords in space?’ While most of the questions were eventually answered, this particular one was left with a…
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Inspiration: Tobias Wolff
Short stories are a love of mine, both to read and to write. My all time favorite short story author is Tobias Wolff. I’ve read over a dozen of his pieces and continue to use his work as an inspiration and model for my own. “Our Story Begins” is an excellent collection with some of…
Grant Pearson 