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Neal Holtschulte Getting into the flow state of writing, fingers flying across the keyboard, at one with the characters, living their lives with and through them, brin…moreGetting into the flow state of writing, fingers flying across the keyboard, at one with the characters, living their lives with and through them, bringing their world into existence.(less)
Neal Holtschulte Don't expect to believe in yourself and your work all the time. Losing hope is not a failure, it's normal. It will pass, and it will pass quicker if y…moreDon't expect to believe in yourself and your work all the time. Losing hope is not a failure, it's normal. It will pass, and it will pass quicker if you try to be chill about it.(less)
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Without Fail by Lee Child
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These books are a how-to guide for writing thriller-mysteries. There's not much more to them, but it's enough.

The pacing is like clockwork. The reveal of clues, red herrings, truth, and finally motives, is immaculate. I keep turning pages because I n
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Witch of the Winter Moon by Stuart Mascair
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A young Russian peasant girl struggles to learn witchcraft during the Nazi invasion of World War II in order to avenge her family. Honestly, I was totally hooked by the premise and the book delivers on its promises.

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The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson
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This is the sort of book that makes it hard to start reading anything else besides the sequel. What could live up to this?

The prose is exquisite. Careful, economical word choice without coming off pretensious. The worldbu
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Witch of the Winter Moon by Stuart Mascair
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A young Russian peasant girl struggles to learn witchcraft during the Nazi invasion of World War II in order to avenge her family. Honestly, I was totally hooked by the premise and the book delivers on its promises.

The story soars highest on its uniq
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Witch of the Winter Moon by Stuart Mascair
"I'll start by saying this is a really cool concept and the author included a lot of interesting Ukrainian folklore. Nadia is a compelling protagonist and her magic is always described vividly.

However, I think this definitely needed a second pass. Mo" Read more of this review »
Witch of the Winter Moon by Stuart Mascair
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This was such a good read. Some familiar history and witch lore, but with so many interesting takes on both. The characters were fascinating-even the ornery cat.

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The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson
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For days after I finished reading The Traitor Baru Cormorant, I searched in some cobwebbed closet of my memory for words that might convey the acuity of my feeli" Read more of this review »
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Rust by Eliese Colette Goldbach
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Memoir is a tricky genre. A memoir author must rapidly answer the question, "Why should I care about what you have to say?" But for this reader, Goldbach pulls it off.

This book is not just about working at a steelmill, nor should it be. RUST is about
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The Militia House by John Milas
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I didn't intend to read The Militia House; it ambushed me from a bookstore bargain shelf, and now I'm infected with its disease (Realistic military horror).

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“I think there are two types of writers, the architects and the gardeners. The architects plan everything ahead of time, like an architect building a house. They know how many rooms are going to be in the house, what kind of roof they're going to have, where the wires are going to run, what kind of plumbing there's going to be. They have the whole thing designed and blueprinted out before they even nail the first board up. The gardeners dig a hole, drop in a seed and water it. They kind of know what seed it is, they know if planted a fantasy seed or mystery seed or whatever. But as the plant comes up and they water it, they don't know how many branches it's going to have, they find out as it grows. And I'm much more a gardener than an architect.”
― George R.R. Martin

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“Doubt begets understanding, and understanding begets compassion. Verily, it is conviction that kills.”
― R. Scott Bakker, The Thousandfold Thought

R. Scott Bakker
“The thoughts of all men arise from the darkness. If you are the movement of your soul, and the cause of that movement precedes you, then how could you ever call your thoughts your own? How could you be anything other than a slave to the darkness that comes before?”
― R. Scott Bakker, The Darkness That Comes Before

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