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Songs that Teach us To Fight By Peggy Arthur Greetings readers, writers, and everyone in between. Please remember you are always welcome here. “A soldier is defined as one engaged in military service, typically within an army, who fights for their government and carries weapons; often risking their life.” What Does It Mean to Be…
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By Peggy Arthur Greetings readers, writers, and everyone in between. Please remember you are always welcome here. I’m currently rewriting and editing Chapters 5 & 6 of The Pretender’s Game, and this chapter will include selected material from the original manuscript. As I’ve worked through the first four chapters, I’ve approached the book with a…
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By Peggy Arthur Greetings readers, writers, and everyone in between! One of the biggest areas I’m currently focused on in my manuscript is dialogue. I’ve learned something simple but powerful: one of the fastest ways to improve a manuscript is to improve the dialogue. That realization shifted how I approached my rewrite entirely. Dialogue isn’t…
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By Peggy Arthur Greetings readers, writers, and everyone in between! There’s a quiet truth about writing that doesn’t get talked about enough: sometimes the real work begins after the words are already on the page. Right now, I’m deep in a heavy rewrite. Specifically, the chapter after the prologue. Otherwise known as Chapter 2. A…
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Greetings! The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates is one of those rare novels that merges history, memory, and mysticism into something deeply transformative. It’s a book that doesn’t just speak about freedom, it moves through it, pulsing with ancestral rhythm and remembrance. The Story At its heart, this is the story of Hiram Walker, a young man…
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Greetings! This novel stirred so much inside me. It reminded me that women’s rights have been restricted for generations. That what remains undiscussed in the home is most certainly not taught in schools. So where, when, and from whom do we learn these hidden truths? We learn from courageous authors unafraid to share the truth…
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By Peggy Arthur Greetings! This Rooted Read stretches forward in time but remains deeply anchored in the past. Unlike the previous books I’ve recommended, Parable of the Sower was written in 1993 and at the time, set in the future, 2024. But not the far-off, flying-cars kind of future. No, the world Octavia Butler imagines…
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