Bronwyn Clarke
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Dress historian and historical dressmaker esp. 19th-early 20th centuries every day dress | Spinner, weaver, knitter, quilter, maker of things | Also novelist (as Bronwyn Parry | Australian | Social justice matters
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What I have learned in recent years as I’ve begun to read more and more romance—and you already know—is that romance writers are MASTERS of structure. Tension. Internal conflict. External conflict. I thought I knew what those things were.
Nah, buddy. Not a clue.
Nah, buddy. Not a clue.
November 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
What I have learned in recent years as I’ve begun to read more and more romance—and you already know—is that romance writers are MASTERS of structure. Tension. Internal conflict. External conflict. I thought I knew what those things were.
Nah, buddy. Not a clue.
Nah, buddy. Not a clue.
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I think the hardest part of grasping craft is paying attention to what your are consuming. Read everything you can get your hands. Watch everything, but while you’re doing that pay attention the story that’s actually unfolding beginning to end. What works, what doesn’t.
November 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I think the hardest part of grasping craft is paying attention to what your are consuming. Read everything you can get your hands. Watch everything, but while you’re doing that pay attention the story that’s actually unfolding beginning to end. What works, what doesn’t.
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I mean I don't mind it as marketing, tropes are great marketing! Like tell me, as a reader, what tropes are in your books!
But I do think that on the writing side, people have lost the understanding of how they work and that tropes are shorthand for an exploration of a certain dynamic/scenario.
But I do think that on the writing side, people have lost the understanding of how they work and that tropes are shorthand for an exploration of a certain dynamic/scenario.
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I mean I don't mind it as marketing, tropes are great marketing! Like tell me, as a reader, what tropes are in your books!
But I do think that on the writing side, people have lost the understanding of how they work and that tropes are shorthand for an exploration of a certain dynamic/scenario.
But I do think that on the writing side, people have lost the understanding of how they work and that tropes are shorthand for an exploration of a certain dynamic/scenario.
I've just been invited to a book club in Manhattan - to discuss a 1500 word short story published 15 years ago! These spammy emails are soooo annoying.
November 14, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I've just been invited to a book club in Manhattan - to discuss a 1500 word short story published 15 years ago! These spammy emails are soooo annoying.
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It was an Issue on which serious people were expected to have opinions.
Over and over again we’ve seen the media refuse to create Issues out of anything related to right-wing radicalization. If they get any mention, they’re in stories about ‘polarization,’ a misstatement of the actual problem.
Over and over again we’ve seen the media refuse to create Issues out of anything related to right-wing radicalization. If they get any mention, they’re in stories about ‘polarization,’ a misstatement of the actual problem.
October 24, 2025 at 7:29 AM
It was an Issue on which serious people were expected to have opinions.
Over and over again we’ve seen the media refuse to create Issues out of anything related to right-wing radicalization. If they get any mention, they’re in stories about ‘polarization,’ a misstatement of the actual problem.
Over and over again we’ve seen the media refuse to create Issues out of anything related to right-wing radicalization. If they get any mention, they’re in stories about ‘polarization,’ a misstatement of the actual problem.
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As long as the loudest folks on the left insist tone-policing, compromise on human rights, and acquiescence are our only options for a unified country, they will continue to lose the faith of the marginalized. And even when they win, they’ll just be waiting to lose the same way again.
October 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
As long as the loudest folks on the left insist tone-policing, compromise on human rights, and acquiescence are our only options for a unified country, they will continue to lose the faith of the marginalized. And even when they win, they’ll just be waiting to lose the same way again.
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frankly, it still seems like the only job AI replaces is idea guys who don't know how to make things and the investor class is just frothing at the mouth for it because they're all idea guys who don't know how to make things.
September 9, 2025 at 5:11 AM
frankly, it still seems like the only job AI replaces is idea guys who don't know how to make things and the investor class is just frothing at the mouth for it because they're all idea guys who don't know how to make things.
ust saw the pattern ref in the alt text - thank you!
June 6, 2025 at 11:23 AM
ust saw the pattern ref in the alt text - thank you!
That's lovely! What is the pattern? Is it a Jennifer Steingass one?
June 6, 2025 at 11:22 AM
That's lovely! What is the pattern? Is it a Jennifer Steingass one?
So many lost on the HMS Queen Mary.
May 31, 2025 at 9:33 PM
So many lost on the HMS Queen Mary.
My grandfather was on the HMS Lion during the battle, as a range taker. The Lion’s sister ship was sunk within minutes after being hit in the turret. The Lion was also hit in a turret but survived.
May 31, 2025 at 9:31 PM
My grandfather was on the HMS Lion during the battle, as a range taker. The Lion’s sister ship was sunk within minutes after being hit in the turret. The Lion was also hit in a turret but survived.