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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
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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
ness talks about life, ness writes about writing

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
ness talks about life

reading books, writing books, and buying fish, and so on and so forth

September 8, 2020September 7, 2020 nesskingsley

In short, there isn't a series I've read that surpasses this one.

Tagged a suffragist abroad, amelia peabody, book, bookworm, fish, history, life, reading, writing6 Comments

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