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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
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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i compose book blurbs

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020 nesskingsley

'I love it but at the same time I don’t.’

Tagged books, bookworm, reviews4 Comments
books misc, ness talks about life

the book buying ban is lifted

June 29, 2020June 29, 2020 nesskingsley

I was a bookworm drunk on power. I have learned lessons and after the ban, I chose to ignore those lessons. It was glorious

Tagged book buying ban, books, buying books, life lessons, readers, reading7 Comments
books misc, ness talks books

yes, i am judging these books by their covers

May 12, 2020 nesskingsley

Heart's Blood decides to heck with this and sends a Dragon Letter to Akki. Akki doesn't get it, mainly because a) Heart's Blood can't write and b) dragons don't have a postal system.

Tagged books, dragons, front covers, reading2 Comments

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