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Lauren Jankowski

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Lauren Jankowski, an openly aromantic asexual feminist activist and author from Illinois, has been an avid reader and a genre feminist for most of her life. She holds a degree in Women and Genders Studies from Beloit College. In 2015, she founded “Asexual Artists,” a Tumblr and WordPress site dedicated to highlighting the contributions of asexual identifying individuals to the arts.

She has been writing fiction since high school, when she noticed a lack of strong women in the popular genre books. When she’s not writing or researching, she enjoys reading (particularly anything relating to ancient myths) or playing with her pets. She participates in activism for asexual visibility and feminist causes. She hopes to bring more strong heroines to
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Lauren Jankowski I usually have a number of side projects I work on aside from the "main project" I'm focused on. When I get stuck, I tinker with one of my smaller sid…moreI usually have a number of side projects I work on aside from the "main project" I'm focused on. When I get stuck, I tinker with one of my smaller side projects and that usually does the trick.

Also, and I cannot recommend this enough, a good cardio workout often does wonders for writers block. Nothing like an intense kickboxing routine to break through a creative brick wall.(less)
Lauren Jankowski For me, it's the feeling of being alive. Committing the vivid world in your head onto paper is the closest thing to magic one can experience.

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For me, it's the feeling of being alive. Committing the vivid world in your head onto paper is the closest thing to magic one can experience.

Also there's a certain catharsis to writing. There's a certain truth to that famous saying, "Careful or you'll end up in my novel."(less)
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Ballet Marvel Recommended Links

*This is the collected recommended links from all the Ballet Marvel posts. I recommend bookmarking this post because I will update it when I add two characters to the project.

(Special thanks to my best friend for helping me curate the ballet links. Seriously, she found pretty much all the ballet links and then proofread this whole document to make sure all the links worked)

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