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The Combined Power of Disney’s live-action Cinderella and The Untamed

The Combined Power of Disney’s live-action Cinderella and The Untamed

So.  I super-dooper love the Chinese fantasy drama The Untamed. The show is set in an ancient kingdom both during and after a great war between the clans, where the main character, who is gifted in black magic, has created a powerful, dark artifact to vanquish his enemies and help his side win the day.  It’s 50 episodes long, but the actual war, from start to finish, comprises only about 10 of those, because who wins a war – and…

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Weekly Garden Snapshot: 2023 week 30

Weekly Garden Snapshot: 2023 week 30

See Previous | See Next This week my liatris are even prettier than last week (and the lamb’s ears absolutely taking over the back corner garden have produced a sprawl that is undeniable).  Purple liatris and yellow daisies are the super colors of bright, hot summertime. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years also shows you a peek at some raspberries, which are also doing their thing this time of year (i.e. about three berries every couple of days). Looking…

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SSCS 01: Installment 30 of 31

SSCS 01: Installment 30 of 31

Because the Desert is a Great, Broad Beast of Memory This is Installment 30 of this year’s SSCS. If you want to start at the beginning of ‘Because the Desert is a Great, Broad Beast of Memory’, go here! If you want to know what the heck an SSCS is, go here! Previously… The OneVoice subsumes.  The OneVoice knows only itself, has stolen thousands of voices so that they will sing to it of itself, building a choir only in…

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Weekly Garden Snapshot: 2023 week 29

Weekly Garden Snapshot: 2023 week 29

See Previous | See Next This week my echinacea (despite stiff competition) is working hard to steal the front-garden show.  But also, front and back, my liatris are blooming!  I’m not sure why I like liatris so much, but I do, and Yay! they’re here! Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years confirms that this is definitely the time of the liatris!  (Also echinacea.) Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years highlights the echinacea a little bit more.  (Also the…

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SSCS 01: Installment 29 of 31

SSCS 01: Installment 29 of 31

Because the Desert is a Great, Broad Beast of Memory This is Installment 29 of this year’s SSCS. If you want to start at the beginning of ‘Because the Desert is a Great, Broad Beast of Memory’, go here! If you want to know what the heck an SSCS is, go here! Previously… The desert.  It is an emptiness that grows wider, more still and vicious, and presses itself outward from their void.  Its voice was taken by a sky…

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Weekly Garden Snapshot: 2023 week 28

Weekly Garden Snapshot: 2023 week 28

See Previous | See Next This week there are more lilies!  Day lilies and asiatic lilies.  Though some other bits of the garden are showing the heat. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years shows more July colors, and the way my garden gets rather a going-to-seed look this time of year – but with colors! Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years makes my garden almost look put together – always show the pretty side. …This week, my garden…

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SSCS 01: Installment 28 of 31

SSCS 01: Installment 28 of 31

Because the Desert is a Great, Broad Beast of Memory This is Installment 28 of this year’s SSCS. If you want to start at the beginning of ‘Because the Desert is a Great, Broad Beast of Memory’, go here! If you want to know what the heck an SSCS is, go here! Previously… The others, the four only who are left, can feel the shape of where she has gone.  Gone and not gone.  The path to where she is…

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Weekly Garden Snapshot: 2023 week 27

Weekly Garden Snapshot: 2023 week 27

See Previous | See Next Sorry for being late.  But, Ta-da!  All the July flowers are now here!  Tiger lilies and cherry bells, yarrow and daisies and coreopsis.  And there’s echinacea too, blooming in the front garden. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years shows more lilies. Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years shows liatris, too, which isn’t quite blooming yet, but should be soon. …This week, my garden is very awake in the bright, bright Sun.

Revision Example: Targeted, Mid-drafting

Revision Example: Targeted, Mid-drafting

Okay, I said last writing post that I like revisions. And recently I experienced a good example of the importance (for me*) of Targeted, Mid-drafting Revisions.  There are lots of kinds of revisions, and I mostly adore them all (what’s not to love about effective problem-solving?), and so I thought it would be nice to share an example of this particular kind. * Important disclaimer: I don’t want to try to give any instruction about when a writer should or…

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