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It's Okay to Love the Moon
In defense of common images in literature
Apr 27
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Time Enough at Last
The seductive, dangerous dream of more space for the creative
Apr 7
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Amber Sparks
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January 2023
How to Write In the Dead Ass Midwinter
Skip this if you just love January
Jan 23
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Amber Sparks
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July 2022
The Library Keeps Making Me Cry
On Nostalgia and Writing Toward Mystery
Jul 7, 2022
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January 2022
The Ghost is You
On Trying to Write During a Pandemic
Jan 31, 2022
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Learning to See Double
On Taking an Imagination Walk to Generate Fiction
Jan 19, 2022
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November 2021
On Living Influence
And then, living without it
Nov 27, 2021
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September 2021
Breaking the Spell of Silence
Why We Need More Writing About Infertility
Sep 2, 2021
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Amber Sparks
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July 2021
On Writing Toward the Insignificant
Writing about big things by going smaller
Jul 21, 2021
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June 2021
Against Mythologizing the Practice of Writing
When the Dream Derails the Process
Jun 10, 2021
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May 2021
Thirteen Ways of Looking at Not Writing
It’s a lifestyle choice, really
May 9, 2021
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Useless observations about writing that will not help you
Welcome to Why Be Happy When You Could Be Writing by me, Amber Sparks. Amber Sparks is the author of three short story collections and an upcoming…
May 9, 2021
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