Category: Writing

  • Compliant Hearts: First Chapter Preview

    Compliant Hearts: First Chapter Preview

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    The neighbours sat with their wives, each within their respective drawing-rooms, at nearly the same hour, discussing their children in that way peculiar to parents: at some moments with concern, at some with patronisation, at others with resolve or indifference. At Gossamer Park, Mr Wordsworth read the paper and only half listened to his lady…

  • Procrastination, or, The Fear of Failure as a Writer

    Procrastination, or, The Fear of Failure as a Writer

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    A little swan told me that you’re struggling with procrastination. I think it’s good that we’re having this tête-à-tête today instead of discussing it in a classroom. It’s a rather personal topic. You see, you’re definitely not the only one who struggles with it. A lot of people do, and so do I. In the…