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Titling This Post About Feedback Was Hard
Critiquing My Fantasy Story Is Harder (But Necessary)
Sep 6
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Alexandra Peel
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July 2025
Game of Groans: Navigating the Endless Editing of a Fantasy Epic:
Can I Stop Now, Please?
Jul 25
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Alexandra Peel
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April 2025
Saving Mr and Mrs Blackbird
I've become deeply, perhaps unsettlingly, invested in the domestic life of a pair of blackbirds currently residing in a neat little nest in my…
Apr 2
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Alexandra Peel
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March 2025
An Open Letter to Mr. Putin, From Someone Who’s Always Been a Bit of a Russia Fan
(Please Don't Invade My Inbox)
Mar 19
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Alexandra Peel
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Help! My Writing Tools Led Me to a Blackbird Documentary (Again!)
Writer Tools: Shiny Baubles or Productivity Saboteurs?
Mar 9
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Alexandra Peel
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What’s Great About Immigrants
Immigrants: Turning Your Bland Neighbourhood into a Festival of Flavours, Sounds, and Fashion Choices (That You'll Secretly Admire)
Mar 6
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Alexandra Peel
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Safety Pins and Suffrage: My Punk Education
I’m 13 years old.
Mar 5
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Alexandra Peel
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From Chisel to Quill: How I Traded Plaster Dust for Existential Dread
Let me tell you about my grand ambition, my late-blooming, possibly delusional quest to become a writer.
Mar 2
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Alexandra Peel
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February 2025
How We Are Different – Let me Count the Ways
Oakey dokey/Alright, let’s embark on a transatlantic safari into the vast, verdant (and occasionally vexing) differences between the Brits and the…
Feb 18
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Alexandra Peel
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January 2025
On Self-Promotion Avoidance Disorder:
A Writer Throwing Books into the Void
Jan 30
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Alexandra Peel
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"Who's a Good Boy?": And Other Phrases That Make Me Want to Scream: A Humorous Take on Pet-Parenting Overload
Let me pre-empt the hate responses before I get into it.
Jan 22
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Alexandra Peel
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December 2024
Refusing to Embrace the Editing Struggle: A Personal Journey, or a Fool's Folly.
Ah, the editing process—my nightmare.
Dec 9, 2024
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Alexandra Peel
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