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Design Solutions
for killer clowns
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Rebecca Makkai
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Me, Myself, and Aghghghgh!
Point of View, Part 2
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Write Away (and I mean AWAY)
Residencies, Retreats, Conferences: What they are, a cool one of each, best practices for applying, and what I wish I knew ten years ago...
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Three Quick Things
A list, a class recording, and a teaser
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POV Disorder
Many writers have it. So does America.
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How to Write While Deeply Distracted
(from an ADHDer to the rest of you)
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It's Zillow Toilet Day
yes, it is.
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Rebecca Makkai's Substack: mostly writing and books! but also Zillow, true crime, etymology, food, general inanity
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