Tag: books
Posted on September 26, 2022
by Morrigan Harker
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Well met, everyone, and welcome back to the blog! I’ve been getting things together offline, but I’d like to double back here for a question. What are y’all reading these days? One book I haven’t been able to stop thinking about is The Snow Collectors by… Continue Reading “What have you been reading?”
Posted on January 13, 2020
by Morrigan Harker
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Lina then saw Mr. von Essen sitting by the mill pond as he read from a small book. When she smiled, raising a hand in greeting, he tipped his hat and stood up from the grass. “Miss Evangeline,” he greeted her. “Our new schoolmaster,… Continue Reading “Excerpt: THE HOLLOW BONES”
Category: Uncategorized, WritingTags: aspiring author, books, fantasy, historical fiction, novel, The Hollow Bones, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Washington Irving, writer, Writing, writing process
Posted on November 10, 2019
by Morrigan Harker
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To come back to Sleepy Hollow for some reason felt like coming home, and I’m even more inspired to finish my novel now than ever before.
Category: Daily Life, Travel, UncategorizedTags: aspiring author, books, Daily Life, Gothic literature, New York, Sleepy Hollow, The Hollow Bones, travel, Washington Irving
Posted on October 30, 2019
by Morrigan Harker
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People say you have to learn the rules before you can break them, but sometimes the rules are just ridiculous.
Posted on October 16, 2019
by Morrigan Harker
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Well met, everyone, and welcome back to the blog! I’ve recently gotten back from a trip to New York to see family and visit Sleepy Hollow, which I loosely chronicled on my Instagram. While I was there, I kept writing scenes for my novel The… Continue Reading “NaNoWriMo 2019 will be different”
Category: Creativity, Uncategorized, WritingTags: aspiring author, books, NaNoWriMo, perfectionism, personal development, Sleepy Hollow, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Washington Irving, Writing, writing process
Posted on September 10, 2019
by Morrigan Harker
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As I’ve been writing my manuscript for The Hollow Bones, a sequel/retelling of Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, I’ve been thinking of who I’d want to play the characters of the story, if it were completely up to me.
Category: Uncategorized, WritingTags: aspiring author, books, characters, inspiration, movies, Sleepy Hollow, The Hollow Bones, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, TV shows, Washington Irving, Writing, writing process
Posted on August 24, 2019
by Morrigan Harker
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This morning, I had to remind myself that it’s better to be done than to be perfect.
Posted on August 4, 2019
by Morrigan Harker
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It seems only natural that something so close to my heart is part of what will hopefully be my debut novel.
Posted on June 1, 2018
by Morrigan Harker
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Right now, I’m trying to finish the first draft of a story that I’m hoping will be my first novel. As a result, I want to bring attention to the five books that inspired me as a writer. I’m one of those people that… Continue Reading “Five books that inspired my writing”