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Hyperfocus of the Week: Gathering my Tools
I am a dabbler. It starts with a “hmmm, that might be interesting…” or “Ohhh, I wanna try that…” or a “have you ever thought about…” and then there I… Read more ⇢
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Overthinkings: Creating Arenas
Yesterday I spent hours sitting at my kitchen table talking, or typing to customer service representatives. Nine of them. The Grizzly tool guy was a human right from the start… Read more ⇢
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Hyperfocus of the Week(s): Broadway in the Basement and Girl Scout Cookies
The last two weeks have been bonkers. Someone at Girl Scout headquarters decided to start regional cookie sales a week earlier this year—after I had put Broadway in the Basement… Read more ⇢
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Overthinkings: What Goes Into World Building?
My writing renaissance began with Dungeons and Dragons. I hadn’t written much in almost a decade when I started playing D&D, but then the DM of our campaign asked for… Read more ⇢
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Overthinkings: Writing Romantic Moments
You can only break things down into so many graphs before you have to actually put words on the page. The consensus of my writing group is that writing romance… Read more ⇢
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Hyperfocus of the Week: NW Flower and Garden Festival
For a Northwest Plant lover, The Northwest Flower and Garden Festival is a must. Well, probably just once for this plant lover. My mom and I attended Thursday and Friday,… Read more ⇢
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Overthinkings: Character Psychologist, Love Languages
Back in the nineties someone gave me a copy of The Five Love Languages, by Gary Chapman. The idea is that everyone gives and receives love—primarily—in one of five ways… Read more ⇢
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Hyperfocus of the Week: George Washington was Kind of a Jerk
Sometimes a week is so busy that it’s hard to pick out what I’ve been Hyperfocusing on. This week was something of a dabbling week. I did some woodturning, helped… Read more ⇢
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Overthinkings: Relationship Arcs
As someone who loves puzzles, I enjoy breaking just about anything down into visual organizers. Venn diagrams are my favorite— secondsies goes to the good old timeline— but a line… Read more ⇢
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Hyperfocus of the Week: Slavery in Colonial America’s South
This week was a busy one in my writing world. I’ve moved my protagonist from Philadelphia to Williamsburg and jumped forward fourteen years. I have all of one chapter to… Read more ⇢
Mamasquatch the Writer 