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Splinters & Scars – Evan James Clark, Author

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on April 25, 2019June 20, 2019

Art is what we need to make the world valuable. I think the world might exist for the sake of art. I’m going to go with, ‘joy.’

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  • Essay

Lost – a Never Novella Review

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on April 18, 2019April 18, 2019

“All children, except one, grow up, and for the rest it remains tough going.” An…

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  • On Writing

The Things I’ve Cast Aside

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on February 21, 2019February 25, 2019

I want to thank each and every person for every bit of it because I’m going to do my best to weave all those strands of emotion and experience into something wonderful. 

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  • On Writing

The Who, What, and Where – Writing Lessons from Improv 101

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on January 4, 2019

Find the core of your scene and build around it, don’t panic and have plagues of locusts fly in just because it feels “too small.”

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  • Desolation

Desolation – New Novel WiP

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on December 28, 2018

Even if you cannot remember you need to know and read here that you are someone. Hold onto that. When these facts have all faded away and you feel like stopping, don’t. Move forward.

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  • Essay

The Resolutions Post

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on December 26, 2018

More than a decade sitting on this one and I’m finally feeling the pull of it as being imperative rather than merely tempting.

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  • Essay

Dear Ms. Rowling

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on September 26, 2018September 26, 2018

Dear Ms. Rowling,

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  • Drawful

Drawful the Awful & The March/Employment Intermission Wrap Up

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on April 8, 2018April 8, 2018

Drawful the Awful is out, I’ve started a new job, and what that all means as a turning of a new chapter to me.

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  • Essay

Countdown – or – Drawful’s Release Date and Everything I want to Get Done

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on March 23, 2018March 23, 2018

My final week of funemployment, thoughts on what comes next, and Drawful the Awful’s release date.

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  • Essay

On Potential – or – Unearthing Art

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on March 9, 2018March 9, 2018

Working within the limitations of your medium, and the aspiration of unearthing great art with courage and honesty as your tools.

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