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The Trick to Two Sentence Horror Stories
I have a soft spot for two sentence horror stories, both the TV show and the medium. The show is enjoyably creepy, and balances social...
Emmalia Harrington
Oct 3, 20251 min read
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Book Review: Psychopomp and Circumstance by Eden Royce
Psychompomp and Circumstance is my kind of love story. Romance is prolific as a genre, and subgenre, but I'm exceedingly picky about...
Emmalia Harrington
Sep 26, 20252 min read
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Hye-Rim and the Summoning Tablet
*tap tap* FLASH! *tap tap* FLASH! *tap tap* FLASH! "Perfect." Click here to learn more about The Cookout Anthology
Emmalia Harrington
Sep 14, 20251 min read
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I am the Tortoise
I'm continually amazed at authors who writes thousands of words in a single sitting. What sorcery enables this level of hare writing? Due...
Emmalia Harrington
Aug 30, 20251 min read
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I've Reached a Milestone!
Walk on Grey Ruins may be niche, but one of my goals for the novel is to have it in libraries that are important to me. I'm very pleased...
Emmalia Harrington
Aug 23, 20251 min read
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Magical Mishap
I have to make fire, I have to make fire... That's not right. Is this the right spell? Help! Read more about Sulla in Walk on Grey Ruins...
Emmalia Harrington
Aug 2, 20251 min read
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Published=Quality?
In 11th grade, I took a class called Fiction Workshop. The teacher, Mr. Labonne,* was full of opinions as to what made a good writer. He...
Emmalia Harrington
Jul 26, 20252 min read
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Do "Orbs" Mean Good Writing?
In college, I knew another aspiring novelist with one manuscript under their belt and several more under production. Though their first...
Emmalia Harrington
Jul 20, 20252 min read
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My Mid-Year Progress Report
I'm still a tortoise, going slow and steady to reach my writing and reading goals. While I'm pleased with the strides I've made in some...
Emmalia Harrington
Jul 12, 20251 min read
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To Be a First Reader is to Be Picky
Submissions time is back. The two magazines I read for, FIYAH! and Podcastle, will both be accepting stories, so I'll be busy reading for...
Emmalia Harrington
Jul 5, 20252 min read
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Quiet Moments
Walk on Grey Ruins is available at: https://draft2digital.com/book/2340733
Emmalia Harrington
Jun 27, 20251 min read
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The Pride of Amanda McKittrick Ros
Amanda McKittrick Ros , born Anna Margaret Ross, was a schoolteacher and author known for her... unique prose. Her husband financed the...
Emmalia Harrington
Jun 20, 20252 min read
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Nostalgia Tea
When I was little, my to-go teas had a strong punch of fruit flavor. No matter the blend, their base involved hibiscus and rose hip. When...
Emmalia Harrington
Jun 1, 20251 min read
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Perfect is the Enemy of Finished
When I was a college freshman, my then-boyfriend decided the standard medieval fantasy setting was ALL WRONG. A proper fantasy tale...
Emmalia Harrington
May 31, 20252 min read
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My First Publication(?) of the Year!
My social club celebrated it's 10th anniversary this week. As part of the fesitivities, I was commissioned to write and read aloud a...
Emmalia Harrington
May 10, 20251 min read
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Running in Place
On the one hand, I'm making progress in my current novel. I'm going over the chapters I've currently written, and frontloading much more...
Emmalia Harrington
May 3, 20251 min read
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Ruth's Cup
A modern Passover ritual I wish I experienced when I was younger.
Emmalia Harrington
Apr 13, 20251 min read
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Nurit's First Seder
Frederica and Aster wanted to make Nurit's first Seder special. Aster read from a child friendly Haggadah, While Frederica explained the...
Emmalia Harrington
Apr 12, 20251 min read
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New Book Project!
I, along with Erin Brown, Tonya Moore, and P. C, Verrone, are working on The Cookout Anthology. Link to the website is here . This book...
Emmalia Harrington
Apr 6, 20251 min read
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First Quarter Progress Report
In my first blog post of the year, I noted my writing and reading goals for 2025. (Insert link) By checking in every so often, I can keep...
Emmalia Harrington
Mar 29, 20251 min read
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