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The Writing Pause
On creation, solitude, and the panic of the aging artist
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Amber Sparks
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April 2023

It's Okay to Love the Moon
In defense of common images in literature
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Amber Sparks
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Time Enough at Last
The seductive, dangerous dream of more space for the creative
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Amber Sparks
11

January 2023

How to Write In the Dead Ass Midwinter
Skip this if you just love January
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Amber Sparks
23

July 2022

The Library Keeps Making Me Cry
On Nostalgia and Writing Toward Mystery
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Amber Sparks
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January 2022

The Ghost is You
On Trying to Write During a Pandemic
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Amber Sparks
Learning to See Double
On Taking an Imagination Walk to Generate Fiction
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Amber Sparks

November 2021

On Living Influence
And then, living without it
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Amber Sparks

September 2021

Breaking the Spell of Silence
Why We Need More Writing About Infertility
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Amber Sparks

July 2021

On Writing Toward the Insignificant
Writing about big things by going smaller
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Amber Sparks
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June 2021

Against Mythologizing the Practice of Writing
When the Dream Derails the Process
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Amber Sparks
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May 2021

Thirteen Ways of Looking at Not Writing
It’s a lifestyle choice, really
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Amber Sparks
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