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Series: Building Realistic Characters, Part 4!
The final instalment! Culture, and that all-important Shard of Glass.
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Angela M Cowan

March 2024

Series: Building Realistic Characters, Part 3
Exploring body language and speech patterns!
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Series: Building Realistic Characters, Part 2
Witty? Serious? Playful? Villainous? We're delving into personalities in Part 2 this week. Stay tuned for Parts 3 and 4, published each weekend through…
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Angela M Cowan
Series: Building Realistic Characters
It takes more than just a pretty face! In this instalment, we talk about physical description and keeping a consistent story tone. Stay tuned for Parts…
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February 2024

On the Unbearable Weight of Ecstasy
Or, how poetry continues to save me.
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Light's Return and the Necessity of Flowers
Between the tangles of dead raspberry canes, the barren branches of the blueberry bushes and the drooping mugwort stalks that my kids like to pretend…
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December 2023

The Language of Rest
For goodness' sakes, take the nap.
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November 2023

Sunday Seeds: November Edition
Anne Shirley, Hozier, Divine Rivals and Wild Gods
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August 2023

The Landscape Within
Writing Exercise: What worlds live inside you?
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Sunday Seeds: August Edition
Hungarian fairytales, faerie academia and Baba Yaga
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July 2023

Bone Gardens and Cinnamon Buns
When writing practice unearths insight
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Sunday Seeds: July Edition
Witches and Pirates and Ravens, Oh My
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