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Leah E. Welker
2 days ago9 min read
My Favorite Things, Part 8.1: Improvements to Daily Life (Sleeping and Food)
In this post on my favorite things in fiction, I'm going to talk about improvements to daily life, particularly in sleep and food.
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Leah E. Welker
Sep 2710 min read
My Favorite Things, Part 7: Paragons
In this latest installment in the series of posts about my favorite things in fiction, I'm going to talk about paragons.
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Leah E. Welker
Jul 198 min read
My Favorite Things, Part 6: Villains
In my next post on my favorite things to read and write in fiction, here are the kinds of villains I see as being a (cough) necessary evil.
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Leah E. Welker
Jun 2811 min read
My Favorite Things, Part 5: "Soft" Heroines
One of my favorite things in fiction is a soft heroine, and here's what I mean by that.
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Leah E. Welker
Jun 144 min read
My Favorite Things, Part 4: Introspection
I can't think of much to write about my fondness for introspection, so this will actually be a shorter post. (Oh, the irony.)
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Leah E. Welker
Jun 77 min read
My Favorite Things, Part 3: Settings
What fiction settings do I find the most compelling?
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Leah E. Welker
May 3110 min read
My Favorite Things, Part 2.5: Romance (cont.)
The last post was more about my conflict with romance, so here's a bonus post, full of the happy romance specifics I love to read and write.
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Leah E. Welker
May 2411 min read
My Favorite Things, Part 2: Romance
In this next installment about my favorite things to read and write, I talk about my conflicted love for romance.
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Leah E. Welker
Apr 269 min read
My Favorite Things, Part 1: Magic
In which I talk about the quintessential fantasy aspect: magic. Except what KINDS do I like? That's the question!
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Leah E. Welker
Apr 127 min read
No More Cringing
In this post, I unpack why I cringe at the question "What do you like to do?" and how I resolve to stop.
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Leah E. Welker
Apr 58 min read
The Confidence To Face My Future
I have confronted each of my fears, coming away stronger and wiser. Reflecting on those times is giving me the confidence to face my future.
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Leah E. Welker
Mar 296 min read
My Final Fears: Success and Hate
Time to consider my final fears: success and hate. You'll soon see why they belong together in this post.
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Leah E. Welker
Mar 228 min read
My Second Fear: Criticism
My second fear is of criticism, or critical feedback. It's a fear, just like failure, that I faced as soon as I shared my work with someone.
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Leah E. Welker
Mar 158 min read
My First Fear: Failure
Why am I always afraid to share my writing? Here's the first (but also the least) reason: fear of failure.
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Leah E. Welker
Mar 84 min read
My Writer's Manifesto
My final project in a creative writing class was an essay on my writer's aesthetic. Here it is. Consider it my writer's manifesto.
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Leah E. Welker
Mar 15 min read
Why Do I Write?
Given all the ways to be creative, as a profession or as a hobby, what draws me to write?
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Leah E. Welker
Feb 235 min read
But What Kind of Blog?
So I decided to start a blog. But what kind?
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Leah E. Welker
Feb 169 min read
Hello World—How Did I Get Here?
I have a blog now. And that's terrifying. But it's time.
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