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But what if no one cares...
I know so many writers who dream of making a living off their words. I know even more who just want to gather up a crowd to listen to what they have…
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Charlie Dorsett (they/she)
Hollowness and meaning: On Being Trans and Creative
breaking open or just broken
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Charlie Dorsett (they/she)
Can we stop with the grim dark now?
Don’t forget agency as a factor of living in any world, even a grim dark one.
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Charlie Dorsett (they/she)
Why I stopped blogging (a paradox)
Okay, yeah, I know that is a strange title for a blog post, but it is what I want to blog about. Time to wrestle with some demons.
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Charlie Dorsett (they/she)
The Endless struggle between Money and Community Building
Exclusivity is the bane of the industry.
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Charlie Dorsett (they/she)
World Building Online and the Writerly Text
I’ve started to wonder if it isn’t just that stories get better with the retelling. James Bonnet in his wonderful book, Stealing Fire from…
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Charlie Dorsett (they/she)
Shouting in a Void: Loneliness and Writing
The last couple years haven’t been easy. After falling into the darkest depths of depression, I withdrew from everything, By everything, I…
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Charlie Dorsett (they/she)
Is Decopunk separate from Steampunk?
The problem with genres based on aesthetics is knowing where to draw the lines.
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Charlie Dorsett (they/she)
No, Seriously, What is Steampunk?
So the story and world have taken an interesting turn in the last couple weeks.
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Charlie Dorsett (they/she)
Write with your voice, not another's
When I read this article on the University Times, I shouted, booed, and cheered at my computer. I am not going to respond to it directly or to almost…
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Charlie Dorsett (they/she)
Creative Storms and the building of Worlds
Many worlds live behind my eyes, and each and every one claws at the edges of my mind to come into being through word and art.
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Charlie Dorsett (they/she)
What scares me about writing?
While going through my Twitter feed, I came across this question:
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Charlie Dorsett (they/she)
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