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Dealing with Don't-Wanna-Days
There are days I don’t want to do anything.
 • Anat Deracine
Where do we go from here?
In Rebecca Yarros’ Iron Flame, to graduate from war school, students must climb a steep obstacle course, and keep going even as they see their peers and…
 • Anat Deracine
The Writer's Investment Portfolio
Since everyone else is doing their Year in Review, I’ll add mine to the mix, with a bit of a twist – rather than talk about all the things I did in…
 • Anat Deracine
No tears for the writer, no tears for the reader
Today, I had a breakthrough: I cried while writing a scene.
 • Anat Deracine
Imagined Selves, Systems, Societies
Last year, around this time, I did an Ode to the Road and my déraciné lifestyle.
 • Anat Deracine
Good Coping, Bad Writing
In my latest novel, Algorithms of Betrayal, the protagonist’s mother tells him, “Mind like yours—if you hadn’t found programming, I was sure you’d have…
 • Anat Deracine
The GRRR of GReat Characters
Growth, Relatability, Relationships, Resolve
 • Anat Deracine
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