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books misc

good books and future-to-read books and nunneries

December 28, 2020December 28, 2020 nesskingsley

Books, books, and more books.

Tagged 2020, amelia peabody, mark forsyth, meditations, reading2 Comments
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disappointing marcus aurelius

December 20, 2020December 20, 2020 nesskingsley

I haven't been a good Stoic. If I was a Stoic. Which I'm not. But if I was, I'd be a bad one. Life is full of disappointments and unmatched glove

Tagged a suffragist abroad, christmas, colour, dying my hair, life, reading, writing2 Comments
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the week of editing: a suffragist aboard

October 19, 2020October 19, 2020 nesskingsley

Then I played the violin. Then I had a mental breakdown in the kitchen. Just your usual Tuesday activities. No writing was done.

Tagged a suffragist abroad, book, finishing things, life, project, wip, writing2 Comments
ness talks books

books that were not my cup of tea

September 28, 2020July 20, 2021 nesskingsley

Is this the book, I cried, that repelled a thousand ships?

Tagged books, Christian fiction, disappointing, dnf, reading, reviews, time travel, western2 Comments
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the rise and fall of my freelance career

September 13, 2020September 13, 2020 nesskingsley

I was going to be totally professional and very, very awesome. So awesome. The awesomest.

Tagged blurbs, do's and don'ts, earning money writing, freelance, freelance writing, step one panic, step two keep going, working from home, writing1 Comment

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