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Jan. 31st, 2018

Was reading a quest story in serial form and thinking it was altogether too episodic and it didn't work. . . .
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Crossposts: https://marycatelli.livejournal.com/954048.html

I resolved to do three writerly things this month:
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Crossposts: https://marycatelli.livejournal.com/954337.html

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