musings
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The Joy of New Words
My oldest recently needed to rank his foreign language choices for middle school next year(!) As a lover of languages myself, I am excited for him…and crossing my fingers he enjoys it. One of the myriad benefits of acquiring a new language is that it makes you reexamine your own. Honestly, I’m not sure I… Continue reading
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Story Versus History
My husband and I are big fans of the long form YouTube essay. Recently we watched a suggested video by Gavin the Medievalist entitled “Our Cultural Memory of the Middle Ages,” where he spells out the difference between the historical Middle Ages and Medievalism. Basically, people have been constructing narratives about that time period since… Continue reading
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Show me all the behind the scenes.
Art is far more than a finished product (and writing those words makes me question both the “finished” part and the “product” part, but I digress). I have always enjoyed hearing fellow creatives talk about their processes. I love hearing how other writers work, of course, and have attended many a reading, workshop, and seminar,… Continue reading
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Escape
Escapism is a hot genre right now given, well, everything… What do we mean, I wonder, when we say “escapism?” Do we mean a neat romance? A quiet story set inside a cozy magical tearoom or bookshop? A dungeon crawling adventure where the monsters aren’t too terrifying and there’s never a doubt our hero will… Continue reading
Elizabeth Gootzeit 