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First Line Follies: What Makes a Great First Line?

Posted on November 24, 2024 by Stace Dumoski
photo of open medieval illuminated manuscript

This post was first published in my newsletter. Why not subscribe? On a lark, I decided to write down the first lines of all the books I’ve read in the

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Magic, Maps and Monsters (Why I Love Fantasy, Part 2)

Posted on April 11, 2024 by Stace Dumoski
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I was going to write about Why Fantasy is Great(TM), but as I was putting together a mental outline of what I wanted to include, I realized that what I

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Fantasy Studies Fantasy Aesthetic, Fantasy Literature, Fantasy Movies and Tv, Why I Love Fantasy Leave a comment

Me, Myself & the Audience

Posted on May 17, 2023 by Stace Dumoski
single orange poppy against a field of goldfields

A version of this post was originally published on September 16, 2007. A friend, Gaby, had asked me to answer her questions about writing and creativity, and I was responding

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Writing Lessons Artifacts, creativity, motivation, personal reflection, writers block, writing help, writing tips Leave a comment

I 3D Printed a Unicorn Horn and Now I Feel Cheap

Posted on February 13, 2023 by Stace Dumoski
a plastic unicorn horn sitting on top of a dresser

Working at a university has a lot of perks, and one of the newest is access to the makerspace in the engineering school. When I heard that there was going

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Find the Magic 3d printing, always be making something, art, crafts, unicorn Leave a comment

Music Lessons

Posted on January 27, 2023 by Stace Dumoski
a 10-string lyre lying on a table next to a cup of tea

Originally published in June 2010. A while back, we attended an open rehearsal of my daughter’s middle school string orchestra. They were preparing for a festival at the time, and

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Writing Lessons Artifacts, music, writing craft, writing tips Leave a comment
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Stace Dumoski

Fantasy Writer & Editor