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	Jane the Lich (Just a Lucky Fantasy Series, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Glass Cloister (The Doulosi Universe #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vertus State (Vassal State #1) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Cult of Questionable Motives (Mercury and The Kelvineer, #1) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Winning NaNoWriMo in Five Days

[Originally posted Thursday, October 25, 2018]

The Art of Loving to Hate Yourself

Since I’m moving house late in the month of November this year, I initially figured that I wouldn’t have time to participate in National Novel Writing Month this November. If you’re not familiar, NaNo is a non-profit event that was started by Chris Baty in the late nineties. You draft up a novel in thirty days, and you Read more of this blog post »

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“If he left, he’d be taking two centuries of wasted effort with him. Who would be able to put out the fire of her anger once it was an inferno? No one but him.”
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“Every fish you throw back into the ocean is a triumph of the idea that human beings can be better. I do my best, every day, to throw at least one fish back into the ocean. I hope that you will join me.”
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“All good ideas come to people on toilets, I like to think.”
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“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

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