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Average rating: 4.34 · 68 ratings · 22 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Creation 4.13 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Darkness Surrounding (The Atavists Trilogy, #1) 4.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Fracture (The Sovereign Book 2) by Michael Pritsos (Goodreads Author), Kat Mellon (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Gabrielle Donathan (Illustrator) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 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
	Union (The Sovereign Book 3) by Michael Pritsos (Goodreads Author), Kat Mellon (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Gabrielle Donathan (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 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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This is an updated version of my 2013 NaNoWriMo USB drive post (which was, awesomely enough, featured in NaNoWriMo's procrastination station. Whoa!).

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Every year, too many writers lose the one and only copy of their novels due to computer malfunctions, unfortunate accidents, and novel-stealing gnomes. Fortunately, you can avoid losing your manuscript by frequently backing up to mul Read more of this blog post »

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“You would think you could just stick a goddamn sword through 'em and be done with it.”
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“You would think you could just stick a goddamn sword through 'em and be done with it.”
― Kat Mellon

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“Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”
― Marthe Troly-Curtin, Phrynette Married

tags: happiness, misattributed-john-lennon, procrastination, time

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“Moths," repeats Will. "You're afraid of moths?"

"Not just a cloud of moths," she says, "like...a swarm of them. Everywhere. All those wings and legs and..." She shudders and shakes her head.

"Terrifying," Will says with mock seriousness. "That's my girl. Tough as cotton balls."

"Oh, Shut up.”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

tags: humor

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“The world is little, people are little, human life is little. There is only one big thing — desire.”
― Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark

tags: desire

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“You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.”
― Andrew Davidson , The Gargoyle

tags: lessons, life, the-gargoyle, wisdom

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