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Month: September 2025

Do you ever write to writers?

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September 21, 2025 ~ Lory ~ 14 Comments

When I was a child in school, I was never assigned the task of writing to an author -- thank goodness, as such mandated correspondence is the dullest and most pointless kind. However, I did once write to the favorite author of my adolescence, Robin McKinley, and she not only answered with a real letter, … Continue reading Do you ever write to writers?

Month in Review: August 2025

September 7, 2025September 7, 2025 ~ Lory ~ 12 Comments

As I reported last week, reading books by women in translation was something I wanted to do this summer, and I did it! Four of those were in August, plus one by a man in translation (I had been confused), and three mysteries. I do seem to gravitate to those in the summer. What I … Continue reading Month in Review: August 2025

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