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Name: Madeline
Occupation: mild-mannered office slave by day, writer by night
Current Favorite Word: Catastrophe
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Category Archives: musings
Happy Birthday TPaL!
Happy Birthday Week TPaL! Tomorrow, I turn 27 (years young!?) and my baby, The Poppet and the Lune, turns 1 year old. To celebrate, TPaL is available for FREE in the Kindle store until the end of May 17th, our … Continue reading
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My Appalachia
When I was just out of high school, standing on (what felt like) the verge of the rest of my adult life, I developed a strong and unexpected desire: to thru-hike all 2,100+ miles of the Appalachian Trail. (If you’re not … Continue reading
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Small Victories
I did something this weekend that I’ve never successfully done before: I outlined my novel! I know, I know, that’s not really a big deal for all you clever people out there who always outline your novel because you realized … Continue reading
Try, Try, Try, Repeat: Lessons for a writer, from my ukulele
It just so happens that I have some (limited) talent with musical instruments–the mediocre kind of talent that means I can pick up almost any one of them and play Jingle Bells within five minutes of fiddling around (except for percussion instruments, … Continue reading
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5 Reasons Why Aspiring Authors Should Not Trust The Internet
Call me a hippy, or an optimist, or whatever you like, but I have a personal rule about any kind of advice: if it makes you feel good, take it; if it makes you feel like shit, it’s probably wrong. … Continue reading
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On the Road Again
I’d like to take a moment here to wax philosophical on the idea of The Road to Publication. Depending on how long and deep you dig into the over-flowing informational pool on “What to expect when you try to publish … Continue reading
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In Like a Lion
It’s MARCH. WHAT? Winter has been shockingly–shockingly–mild here in Buffalo. For the first time in years, we can accurately say at the beginning of March that spring is right around the corner. For me, spring always brings with it a … Continue reading
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Wailing at the Wall
Life has been a whirlwind. Let me tell you about the past few weeks as succinctly as I can. Nothing major has happened, not by certain standards anyway. But my brain and my heart have been on a strange journey that … Continue reading
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Let Go.
In the past month, I’ve reinvented the universe, abandoned my baby, and discovered the power to be found in completely giving up. That’s right–as I write this, I am on the waning side of a full-fledged creative block. I realized my novel needed … Continue reading
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On Words, Human Creativity, and the Ineffable
Friday night I was driving from South Buffalo to a friend’s house in Amherst. The radio was playing all kinds of awful music, so I turned it off and just drove. I kept being struck by how familiar the roads … Continue reading
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