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Author Archives: Theodora Goss
Writers and Readers
I’ve had a feeling today that I sometimes get when I’m tired, as though part of me were missing. It’s a Herbert the Alligator feeling, I suppose. As though I were incomplete. What it makes me think of, since my … Continue reading
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A Thousand Words
I’ve written before about writing a thousand words a day, every day. (Yes, any sort of writing will do. A thousand words of anything, as long as it really is writing. Do tweets count? I’m not sure tweets count.) Someone, … Continue reading
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A Writerly Day
Today, I had a particularly writerly day. As you probably remember, I had turned in my Folkroots column earlier in the week. It’s a column called “Fairies and Fairylands,” and it should appear in the June issue of Realms of … Continue reading
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Herbert’s Story
I’ve been worried about Herbert. You see, I left him hanging from the ceiling in Professor Mandragora’s laboratory, looking sad. Herbert was originally not going to be a character at all. He was just a literary reference. But as soon … Continue reading
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Revising Fairies
I’m not sure I’ve looked out of the window today. Although I’m pretty sure it looks the same as it did yesterday, out there. Snow on the ground, melting too slowly. But all day, I’ve been staring at the computer … Continue reading
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The Next Year
I am tired and sad, and so I think I’ll write about what I want to happen in the next year. First, I want to finish the academic work I’m doing. Second, I want to create a life for myself … Continue reading
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The Snow Queen Dreams
When I bought Seanan McGuire’s CD Wicked Girls, I thought my favorite song on it would of course be “Wicked Girls.” But it’s not. It’s a song called “The Snow Queen Dreams.” There isn’t a version of the song online, … Continue reading
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