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Enchanted Waters
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Book Review: Enchanted Waters Short Story Collection

July 26, 2021 kconklin

“The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.” –Jacques Cousteau  Enchanted Waters is a lovely collection of fantasy stories by eight different authors. […]

Seraphina, by Rachel Hartman
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Book Review: 5 Things I loved about Rachel Hartman’s “Seraphina”

July 5, 2021July 6, 2021 kconklin

(Follow my blog with Bloglovin) “I rose to standing, like Lars upon the barbican, the dark city spread at my feet. Lights twinkled in tavern windows, bobbed at the Wolfstoot […]

Deep Kindness and Anxious People
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Anxious People & Deep Kindness: Everyone’s Doing Their Best…Or are We?

May 13, 2021May 13, 2021 kconklin

“We can’t change the world, and a lot of the time we can’t even change people. No more than one bit at a time. So we do what we can […]

free verse
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Abstract Art & Ezra Pound: What Makes a Good Free Verse Poem?

May 4, 2021May 11, 2021 kconklin

“The poet who writes “free” verse is like Robinson Crusoe on his desert island: he must do all his cooking, laundry and darning for himself. In a few exceptional cases, […]

renga
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Renga and Haiku: A Japanese Poetic Challenge

April 18, 2021July 5, 2021 kconklin

“A young shoot has borne Beautiful flowers, Growing upon An aged plum tree.” –Basho, The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches (tr. by Nobuyuki Yuasa) Many […]

The Sword in His Hand
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Book Review: The Sword in His Hand

April 8, 2021 kconklin

“I believe there will be justice, Torsten, for all the terrible wrong that has been done to you. But until you can forgive, you will never be free. You will […]

Aroma of beauty
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Book Review: Aroma of Beauty

March 1, 2021March 1, 2021 kconklin

“Beauty could not rebuild our cities, but it helped to rebuild our humanity and to bring us closer to one another. Beauty could not bring back family and friends, but […]

write picture books
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Learn to Write Picture Books: Write2Ignite Master Class

February 19, 2021February 19, 2021 kconklin

Eric Carle: “Let’s put it this way: if you are a novelist, I think you start out with a 20 word idea, and you work at it and you wind […]

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Karley M. Conklin is a part-time librarian, part-time writer, and full-time bookworm. She has a combined B.A. degree in Literature and Christian Studies from North Greenville University. Her favorite genres are fantasy, sci-fi, and children’s literature. In her spare time, she enjoys trying her hand at different arts, including woodcarving and bookbinding.

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