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Susan Wiggs: On Learning Life Lessons From Fictional Characters

In this interview, author Susan Wiggs discusses how a bucket-list overseas trip with her brother sparked an exploration that led to her new novel, Wayward Girls.
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#BeInspired #Genre #Historical #Interviews #WriteBetterFiction
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Native American radio stations at risk as Congress looks to cut $1B in public broadcasting funding (Margery A. Beck/Associated Press)

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Despite scandal and a looming corruption trial, Trayon White wins vote to return to the DC Council (Ashraf Khalil/Associated Press)

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Trump Is Trying to Build a Far-Right International (Jan-Werner Mueller/Project Syndicate)

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The Inside Scoop on Jeffrey Epstein (Alan Dershowitz/Wall Street Journal)

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The European Charm Offensive That Helped Turn Trump Against Putin (Bojan Pancevski/Wall Street Journal)

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Breakthrough proof bringing mathematics closer to a grand unified theory
L: nature.com/articles/d41586-025…
C: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
posted on 2025.07.16 at 06:50:24 (c=0, p=5)


Audio Interview: Elevating Indie Book Design

ALLi Campaigns Manager Matty Dalrymple talks with book cover designer Rachel Valliere about improving indie book design through a crucial but often overlooked tool: the creative brief. Rachel explains how a well-crafted brief helps authors communicate their vision clearly,…
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Hunter Biden says Democrats lost election for not staying 'loyal' to his father (Patrick Svitek/Washington Post)

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The lie at the heart of Trump's entire economic agenda (Eric Levitz/Vox)

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From Project Gutenberg:

Looking Back

by Seymour John Fortescue

Get it at: gutenberg.org/ebooks/59934



ICE may deport to 'third countries' without assurances they won't be tortured
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posted on 2025.07.16 at 05:11:29 (c=0, p=10)


'Israel' hits Syrian military HQ in Damascus, strikes Sweida

"Israel" conducted airstrikes on Syria’s Defense Ministry in Damascus and military positions in Sweida and Daraa, as sectarian clashes intensify in southern Syria despite a declared ceasefire.

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Sweida clashes intensify as ceasefire fails, hospital besieged

Hundreds flee Sweida as fighting escalates and services collapse, with the ceasefire in tatters and civilians trapped.

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Filling In the Gaps With Historical Fiction

Three authors with new releases explore how they use historical fiction to fill in the gaps of history or use those gaps to let their interpretations of events take shape.
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