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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

Stone by Stone – Thursday Tales

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on April 4, 2019May 31, 2019

In 1879, a postman Ferdinand Cheval was struck by the qualities of a random stone he tripped on while on his mail route.

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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

I’m Still Here – 2019 Resolutions Check In

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on January 23, 2019February 9, 2019

Nearly 3 years ago I deleted all the writing I’d done up to that point in…

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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

31 in Review, Onward and Upward to 32

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on December 7, 2018July 2, 2019

I make a point of marking my birthday with reviewing where I’ve come in the…

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  • On Writing

How Would You Describe Them? – On Character Descriptions

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

Who we are to the world- not just who we are trying to be.

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