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Misty Urban is a fiction writer, medieval scholar, freelance editor, and college teacher. She holds a Ph.D. in Old and Middle English and an MFA in fiction from Cornell University and lives in a small town along a big river in eastern Iowa.

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Misty Urban Writers block usually means I'm not finding my way into a scene, not understanding the character's real conflict, or not finding the right language to…moreWriters block usually means I'm not finding my way into a scene, not understanding the character's real conflict, or not finding the right language to convey what I want to express. So I leave the page and give it some space to breathe. I take a walk; take a shower; go practice the piano; occupy some other tasks. Usually, as soon as I have my hands full, am covered in soap, or have just left the house to run errands, the answer arises.(less)
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“She was beautiful in her wrath, like an avenging goddess of old.”
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“Miss Amaranthe Illingworth was a deep treasure whose beauties revealed themselves subtly, quietly, with each new observation.”
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“She loved that smirk. It contained the boy she’d met, the young man she’d married, the mature man she’d built her life with and around. Her one great love, now and always.”
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“She loved that smirk. It contained the boy she’d met, the young man she’d married, the mature man she’d built her life with and around. Her one great love, now and always.”
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“She was beautiful in her wrath, like an avenging goddess of old.”
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“Miss Amaranthe Illingworth was a deep treasure whose beauties revealed themselves subtly, quietly, with each new observation.”
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