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Every Rainbow is Perfect

Posted on March 28, 2025 by Stace Dumoski
rainbow

It’s my birthday this weekend, and so I thought it that was a good excuse to  repost my birthday rainbow 

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Craft Something Colorful with Free Crochet Patterns

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Stace Dumoski
crocheted pouch with dice and coins spilling out

One of the main principles of my life is “Always Be Making Something.” As someone who has always been crafty,

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Creative Living crafts, creativity, crochet, making things Leave a comment

Soft Magic for a Hard World

Posted on March 9, 2025 by Stace Dumoski
a window in a broken down wall surrounded by trees, foliage and pink flowers

A few Januaries ago, alongside my goals for writing and financial and physical wellness, I made “Find the Magic” one

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Nothing But the Clouds

Posted on February 18, 2025 by Stace Dumoski
clouds

Before deleting my account, I downloaded all my posts and reels from Instagram. While all these photos still exist on

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Creative Living art, magic in the real world, photography Leave a comment

What Will You See When You Look Up?

Posted on February 11, 2025 by Stace Dumoski
playing cards laid out for a solitaire game, except one card has been replaced by a phone displaying a photo of a card

You went for a walk today, early, the sun still climbing over the horizon, making orange creamsicle swirls in the

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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

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Writing Lessons Fantasy Literature, writing craft, writing help, writing tips Leave a comment

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

Posted on April 11, 2024 by Stace Dumoski
stylized fantasy banners

I was going to write about Why Fantasy is Great(TM), but as I was putting together a mental outline of

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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

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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

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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.

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

Fantasy Writer & Editor