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"One day, child, you'll have to stop hating everyone and learn to trust that some people might actually have good intentions at heart." - Roslynn, The Throne Of Amstairis

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January 29, 2026 at 3:01 PM

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Let me know what you'd like tips about in the comments below 👇.

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January 28, 2026 at 3:01 PM

Janine Bretz Author

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We're multi-talented.

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January 27, 2026 at 3:01 PM

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"There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for." - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

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January 26, 2026 at 3:00 PM

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Breaks are important, in more than just writing.

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January 25, 2026 at 3:00 PM

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Books, kind, weird.

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January 24, 2026 at 3:00 PM

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"There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after." - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

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January 23, 2026 at 3:06 PM

Janine Bretz Author

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I do love words.

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January 22, 2026 at 3:03 PM

Janine Bretz Author

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I see no lies in this picture.

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January 21, 2026 at 3:00 PM

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"All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust." - J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan

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January 20, 2026 at 3:51 PM

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A character can just have 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 the thing.

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January 19, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Janine Bretz Author

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Gotta have my commas.

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January 18, 2026 at 3:01 PM

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"I wish, as well as everybody else, to be perfectly happy; but, like everybody else, it must be in my own way." - Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

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January 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Janine Bretz Author

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Write what you want, or write fast.

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January 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM

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Guess the books:

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January 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Janine Bretz Author

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Inside me are two wolves . . .

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January 14, 2026 at 3:01 PM

Janine Bretz Author

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"I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book!" - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

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January 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Janine Bretz Author

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It's a common courtesy.

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January 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Janine Bretz Author

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100 times at least.

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January 11, 2026 at 3:01 PM

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"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

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January 10, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Janine Bretz Author

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Read that again.

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January 9, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Janine Bretz Author

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Only you . . . wait, that's me!!

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January 8, 2026 at 3:05 PM

Janine Bretz Author

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"Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing." - Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird

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