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The Absurdity
12March 26, 2013 by Xenogirl
Each sentence is a clichéevery hope a déjà vu.
Even the sky hides
from the darkest of nights…
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The One That Didn’t Suck
31March 6, 2013 by Xenogirl
For those of you following my blog, you may remember the elation with which I typed the words “The End” to my 2012 NaNoWriMo novel. Writing over 50,000 words in less than thirty days felt like the wordsmithing equivalent of summiting an oxygen-deprived mountain peak. Thus I had decided to take a well-deserved break and begin revisions after a couple of weeks. Being the inexperienced, moody, and insecure writer that I am, the weeks that followed were not so exuberant. Along with the holiday season and the oppressive darkness of a Wisconsin winter came a creeping, gnawing fear that…
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Contradictory Delusions…
4March 5, 2013 by Xenogirl
“I think it’s fairly common for writers to be afflicted with two simultaneous yet contradictory delusions – the burning certainty that we’re…”
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My Weapon of Choice
18February 25, 2013 by Xenogirl
Where has the time gone? Here I am at nearly the end of February, and now for the first time in many weeks I have summoned up the courage to put fingers to the keyboard. In desperation, I have struggled to define my problem. Why I am paralyzed? Why won’t the words form? Why I am so afraid?
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The One Where I’m Painfully Honest
44January 7, 2013 by Xenogirl
2012 will go down in the Xenogirl history books as perhaps the year of my unhinging. Sitting here quietly on my couch, I can’t help but imagine that those who know me are whispering “she’s come undone” and “who does she think she is” and who knows what other disparaging or (if I am lucky) concerned remarks. Let’s take a look at my year in brief review, shall we? In 2012…
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An Acquired Taste…
21December 17, 2012 by Xenogirl
Can I embrace another holiday season in gratitude? Is all that I already have truly enough? Will my relationships sustain me through it all? What about those relationships that have evaporated…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Changing Seasons
18December 12, 2012 by Xenogirl
YES, I have adorable furbabies. Please commence with smiling, cooing, and/or eye rolling. The first snowfall of the season finally blanketed our corner of Wisconsin, which means that my pugs don their winter sweaters and commence with wild backyard frolicking. In this photo, Java on the left is trying to escape from the fat little girl Chai on the right. Trust me when I say that…
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