Holiday Advent Calendar Unveiling: December 17
This video will say it all, but I was disappointed in today’s story. High hopes were dashed as I made my way into these 11 pages. It was 10 pages too long, in my opinion. Sigh…
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You made me laugh with your observations about what the public thinks about Canadian writers! Too bad that this was a disappointment but I’m glad you’re open to trying this author again.
Haha is it kinda true tho? We are all up in our freezing cold cabins haha
I TRAVELED THROUGH THE INTERNET AND CHANGED SOMETHING IN A CANADIAN HOME! 😮
Also, when I did my MFA in creative writing, there were two lows a writer could sink to: the worst was writing about other people in the class *awkward*
The other was writing about writing…Dammit, Carleigh!
Hahah right???