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All the Ways I am Magical

Posted on November 11, 2025 by Stace Dumoski
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  My magic lies in my ability to transform letters into words, words into sentences, sentences into scenes, scenes into

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Romancing the Words

Posted on September 3, 2025 by Stace Dumoski
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Lately, I feel like my relationship is missing something. Oh, we get along most of the time. We manage to

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Me, Myself & the Audience

Posted on May 17, 2023 by Stace Dumoski
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A version of this post was originally published on September 16, 2007. A friend, Gaby, had asked me to answer

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13 Thing to Feel Lucky About on Friday the 13th

Posted on January 13, 2023 by Stace Dumoski

1. I was born in the United States in the latter half of the 20th Century. While hardly utopian, particularly

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Chasing Awe

Posted on January 11, 2023 by Stace Dumoski

It seems like I’m being chased by an idea this month: the importance to human psychology of experiences that inspire

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The Only Magic We Have

Posted on January 10, 2023 by Stace Dumoski

“The only magic we have is what we make in ourselves, the muscles we build up on the inside, the

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Are You an Introvert, or Just an Avid Reader?

Posted on January 8, 2023 by Stace Dumoski

Like any good writer and editor, I am constantly trying to improve my knowledge and understand of story craft. Right

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When Awe Strikes

Posted on January 7, 2023 by Stace Dumoski

What is awe? When I face the ocean, even on a day like this one when the ocean was calm,

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My Quest to Find the Magic

Posted on January 2, 2023 by Stace Dumoski

In 2021 my “word of the year” was more than an annual theme for me — Stay on Target became

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A New Groove for the New Year

Posted on December 30, 2022 by Stace Dumoski

As we come down to the last few days of the year, my thoughts circle more and more around what

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Stace Dumoski

Fantasy Writer & Editor