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Reading into fiction

I recently completed a novel, and after a few rounds of edits have just begun sending it out to agents. During the editing process it occurred to me more than once that fiction, while hinging on reality, while gaining power from the truth of what we already know, needs to be both tidier and moreContinue reading “Reading into fiction”

Posted byKatie BotkinDecember 27, 2012Posted inWritingTags:veterans2 Comments on Reading into fiction

Areté after Ares

There is no honor In resting upon your laurels or your thorns In letting past glory or failure answer for the day There is no honor In claiming gain as worth, or debt as sin In having either steal your self-possession There is no honor In giving any slight, annoyance, hindrance, tardiness or lack InordinateContinue reading “Areté after Ares”

Posted byKatie BotkinMay 3, 2012December 27, 2012Posted inUncategorizedTags:honor, veterans1 Comment on Areté after Ares
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