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Shannon Aardsma
- Oct 19, 2019
- 3 min
Suspense
One element of writing that makes for a great novel that will keep readers reading is suspense. I'm not great at writing suspense, but...
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Shannon Aardsma
- Sep 6, 2019
- 2 min
Changes
Hey, y'all! So some of you may know that my life has been changing quite a bit lately. Well, "quite a bit" for me at least since I hate...
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Shannon Aardsma
- Aug 30, 2019
- 6 min
The Physician
Hey, y'all! So...I know that I missed last week's post. Life has been crazy busy lately. I've started a new job! BUT since I'll be...
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Shannon Aardsma
- Jul 27, 2019
- 2 min
Unfinished
“We’re losing her!” Pam grabbed the defibrillator in a final attempt to revive the young woman, but to no avail. “Gone…” “5:02. Official...
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Shannon Aardsma
- May 24, 2019
- 2 min
Writers
I thought it would be fun to compile a bunch of quotes about writers that I find amusing or that are actually true (or both). So here it...
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