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Tag: Mary Robinette Kowal

Writing Advice about Writing Garbage

January 24, 2020January 24, 2020 ~ Kathryn Fletcher

For beginning writers, one of the most difficult things to do is to finish the story they'd started. There is always another story that promises to be better. But that creates a big problem for writers.

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Best Books of 2019

December 25, 2019December 24, 2019 ~ Kathryn Fletcher

These are the best YA, Fantasy, and Science Fiction books I read during 2019.

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Book Review: The Calculating Stars

November 15, 2019November 14, 2019 ~ Kathryn Fletcher ~ 1 Comment

Book Review: The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal. In 1952 a massive meteorite hits Earth destroying most of the east coast of the US including Washington DC. The climate changes from this will eventually make Earth uninhabitable so colonizing other planets gets moved higher on the priority list.

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