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A week from

yesterday, I will be on a four-month deadline to finish my thesis. It seems apt, coming less than a week after the storm you may have heard about. The storm was a rebirth after …

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Inspired by ArtsJournal’s

blog post about Nabokov’s first sentence portraiture (reached via @Meanjin), I decided to engage in a little exercise. You’re all welcome to participate, and the rules are simple. Take however-many-you-like pieces of writing …

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Elena over at

With Extra Pulp (one of double-plus favourite writing blogs) is hosting an awesome contest at the moment, with prizes galore. All you have to do is answer her question of which you would rather …

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