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leebrontide
Oct 31, 20224 min read
On Family Secrets
Family secrets are such a mainstay of young adult stories. They have to be among my favorite clichés. Almost every family has them, in...
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leebrontide
Aug 31, 20225 min read
Lies I Tell Myself, Security Blankets, and Backstitch Drafting
Back in May, I wrote a post about my prewriting process- mostly because I wasn’t sure what else to write about that month. This month,...
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leebrontide
Aug 1, 20229 min read
Tinkering With Cyberpunk
I have something a bit different for you this month! I was incredibly surprised, in June, to be contacted for an interview! I'm not...
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leebrontide
Jun 30, 20227 min read
Because Everybody Was Calling for YA Scifi About HIPAA, Right?
I’ve joked on twitter many times that “I’m writing YA about medical data privacy practices. Haha you know the teens today just can’t get...
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leebrontide
Jun 11, 20226 min read
The Bananabook Method
Well, this month’s newsletter was going to be about queer mentorship and going to the retirement party for my first openly queer teacher,...
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leebrontide
Jun 11, 20225 min read
People Who Need People
I have one of those faces. Not the kind where people think they’ve seen you before. I’m very rarely been told I look like anyone. (I was...
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leebrontide
Jun 11, 20225 min read
The Cartoons Are Coming For Our Collective Trauma
It’s no secret that I love animation- it’s my first love in terms of narrative media. You probably guessed that by my taking up such an...
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leebrontide
Jun 11, 20225 min read
Tractors, cybernetics, and the radical at the RadioShack
I don’t know when or how this story starts, but I know when I became a bit player in it. Several years back, I put my Volkswagen's key...
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leebrontide
Jun 11, 20225 min read
The Golden Girls, D&D, and The Newest Way I’m Refusing to Make Writing Solitary
Happy very belated New Year! Firstly, YES! Our dear boy Tamino did make it home safe and sound, if chilly. He turned up 15 minutes till...
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leebrontide
Jun 11, 20223 min read
A Unique Character Development Technique
Hi, all! I tend to get tired of New Years Resolutions, reviews of the previous year, and holiday sales around mid December. So I hope...
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leebrontide
Jun 11, 20224 min read
Another Kind of Coziness
Hello! The season of coziness is upon us, here in MN. The golds and reds of early autumn have turned to bare branches against blue sky...
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leebrontide
Jun 11, 20227 min read
Why I'm Researching a 19th Century Cult This Month
Hi everyone! Sorry for the late send out- turns out it's hard to remember to send out my newsletter when I'm busy taking Starling Trick...
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leebrontide
Jun 11, 20223 min read
What Do We Celebrate?
This month, I threw a kind of party I've never intended or anticipated before. We've been calling it a T(ea) party, and it was in...
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leebrontide
Jun 11, 20224 min read
What Stories Are You Made Of?
When I was just a little queerling in early high school there was a year when almost every one of my friends quietly came out to the rest...
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leebrontide
Jun 11, 20223 min read
You Heard it Here, First!
That’s right, I’ve got NEW projects to tell you about! My tendency has always been for strict project monogamy. I start one writing...
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leebrontide
Jun 11, 20222 min read
Welcome to Shed Letters!
Welcome to my newsletter! Thank you so much for joining me. Please make sure that this address is whitelisted in your internet, to make...
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