A Tiny Flashlight in the Dark

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Flashlight #17: After the Flood
Finding words after a long break; finding new ground after deep, shifting waters.
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Tessa Fontaine
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Flashlight #16: A New Approach to Book Drafting
Apple pickin', Fall Writing Camp, a new-to-me approach to drafting a novel, and the impending meeting between me and my literary hero, help, what should…
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Tessa Fontaine
Flashlight # 15: Redwood cake, mystery squash, ants in your pants.
Book touring like a pro and some hot tips for your new favorite reads.
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Tessa Fontaine
Flashlight #14: The Red Grove is out today!
People Magazine and Death Pacts and Amazon Book of the Month and also, what does one do on the day one's book comes out, and also also, are you still…
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Tessa Fontaine
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Flashlight #13: How an Accountability Partner Saved my Writing Life
Less than two weeks until The Red Grove is published! Squee! But today, the bigger picture: how to build a sustained, long-term relationship to writing…
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Tessa Fontaine
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Flashlight #12: The Red Grove is out in one month!
Touring schedule, nice words about the book, and a few ridiculous photographs.
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Tessa Fontaine
Flashlight #11: The Mystery of the Pregnant Stingray
Our local mystery: the pregnant stingray who hasn't shared a tank with a male stingray in eight years, plus house snakes, house bats, a 2-year-old's…
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Tessa Fontaine
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A Tiny Flashlight in the Dark
A Tiny Flashlight in the Dark
Writing news, baby spam, jokes, upcoming classes, prompts, recommendations, and other antics. Once a month-ish.
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