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Colored pencils laying in a row.
Ramblings, Tips and Tricks

Filling In the Gaps: The Validity of Fan Fiction

May 13, 2025May 10, 2025 Rachel Sandell

If you get as obsessed with stories as I do, then you just want more.

Author Emily St. John Mandel with her novel, Station Eleven.
Book Talk, Tips and Tricks

Using Objects to Show Relationship over Distance: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

May 6, 2025May 3, 2025 Rachel Sandell

How do you connect characters who have little to nothing in common? Let's see how Emily St. John Mandel does it.

Raindrops fall into mud.
My Writing

“When I think of Grass stains”

April 29, 2025April 5, 2025 Rachel Sandell

This poem is built a little differently than what I usually write.

Half a Soul book by Olivia Atwater and Frieren: Beyond Journey's End.
Ramblings, Recommendations

The Benefit of Cozy Stories

April 22, 2025April 5, 2025 Rachel Sandell

Let's slow down and get comfy for a short while.

A wall of colorful grafiti.
Book Talk, Tips and Tricks

An Exercise in Qualifiers: The Art of Description by Mark Doty

April 15, 2025April 5, 2025 Rachel Sandell

I tried one of Mark Doty's description exercises. Here's how it went.

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