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  • Ahead of Schedule

    Today I hit my March writing goal of 10,000 words in my WIP, The Gossip and The Guest. And there are 11 days left in the month. Quite an accomplishment considering last month I hit 10k at 10:43pm Feb. 28th. Really came down to the wire on that one. I have also recorded another two

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  • Now who could’ve predicted I would drop off the face of the Earth after about two months of posting diligently? It’s the same pattern with social media, journaling, clean eating, and just about every hobby I’ve ever touched (don’t ask me about my sourdough starter). I apologize for my absence. And the inevitable next one.

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  • If you follow the on Bluesky you may have seen my casual announcement. In March The Catalyst officially leaves Kindle Unlimited so I may, finally, go wide. That’s already scary and a lot of work so naturally that’s not what I’m announcing. After years of kicking the idea around, four days ago I finally bit

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  • Snow, Sleet, Freezing Rain

    Sitting at my kitchen table, staring out the window, I find myself reflecting on seemingly discordant things. The weather, this morning, tried to throw every precipitation in it’s considerable arsenal our way. And I’m realizing that, in our current political climate, I’m mirroring that behavior in an odd fashion. Hobbies I’ve dabbled in are coming

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  • A Sunny Saturday

    This morning I woke up to sunlight streaming through my curtains, my partner’s cat already stretched out in it. As I messed with her because I’m an unjust roommate, she bleeped, fairly unusual for her. So I grabbed my phone to send a picture to my partner who, poor soul, had left for work hours

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  • When I was writing my duology, the titles were the easy part. The headings of the outlines I largely never looked at again, it was part of the very first writing session I ever had. It’s true at that time is was going to be a trilogy (The Catalyst, Combustion, and Fallout), and the title

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  • Stay Inside

    Three day weekends are usually cause for excitement. However, I have a sneaking suspicion that this one is going to be…. rough. Last night I decided to watch Bo Burnham’s Inside, wanting something as dark and varied as my thoughts. The first time I watched it, I remembered being so viscerally uncomfortable. I had just

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  • The Death of TikTok

    I’ve been using TikTok for four years. I broke down and signed up in the depths of May 2020, shortly before my blissful paid hiatus from Starbucks would end. In addition to losing myself in hundreds of hours of Breath of the Wild and self-publishing my first novel, The Catalyst, I found myself creeping along

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  • I Hate Slide Puzzles

    If there’s one children’s activity I have aways detested, it’s a slide puzzle. I solved the puzzle, I know where all the pieces go- what do you mean I now have to carefully plan how to execute every step until it’s all in place? How unfair. And, unfortunately, that’s also how I feel about trying

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  • Across Genres and Time

    Hello there, I’m Aurora Kelly I’m an independent author daylighting as a data anaylst. I’m also an all-around weirdo. Current Library of Work The Duology of Fortola My first foray into writing, The Catalyst and The Commander. From inception to completed publication, close to eleven years of my life had elapsed. This duology reflects the

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