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The Story So Far... (A Romance)
Dear Dairy..... I met him years ago. I thought maybe he was into me. I went to the office to mind my own business, and he was bouncing...

Sylvia Woodham
Feb 1, 202412 min read
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What's in a Cover?
This is a fun and interesting debate. There are some genres that have clear rules or guidance about the style of cover to be...

Sylvia Woodham
Jan 29, 20242 min read
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Gothic Literature: What is it REALLY?
This weekend I started a new story (another dream sequence) that screamed Gothic romance to me, based on the traditional rules and...

Sylvia Woodham
Jan 29, 20245 min read
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It’s a Jungle out there. Guest post: D.A.Cairns
“If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you, how will you compete with horses? And if in a safe land you fall down,...

Sylvia Woodham
Jan 5, 20243 min read
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The Shirt
It was a rainy day on campus, the flagstones slick and a slipping hazard. There was a dark coloured flattened out lump on a stone ahead...

Sylvia Woodham
Nov 9, 20233 min read
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Stalkers
I have mentioned my previous experience in my adult life having more time consumed by being stalked than anyone should have in five...

Sylvia Woodham
Nov 6, 20238 min read
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New Stories and Events!
Lots of exciting news! Out this week is a reprint of Erasure also Going Nuclear, with the ending reworked. Dark Horses Iss. 22 Nov. 2023...

Sylvia Woodham
Nov 5, 20231 min read
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On International Social Interactions
Today I was listening to German radio station and just enjoying the representation of different lanugages like Spanish and Portuguese in...

Sylvia Woodham
Sep 29, 20238 min read
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Dream Sequence (soundtrack incl.)
I have a lot of lucid dreams. Some of them are clear linear plot lines that become stories, like my most recently published. I have...

Sylvia Woodham
Sep 17, 20236 min read
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Health Progress!
At the start of the summer, I posted how daily social group interaction of an in person course this summer was a big transition for me...

Sylvia Woodham
Sep 9, 20234 min read
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Sylvia and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Editors
I have been blogging about horrific experiences in the world of "para publishing" freelancers The most recent examples might be the most...

Sylvia Woodham
Aug 22, 20237 min read
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Brenda Hsueh: Diverse Creatives
I will start by being direct: GO SEE ELEMENTAL IN THE THEATER. Now I'll tell you why. Brenda is an amazing human, and Brenda more than...

Sylvia Woodham
Jul 8, 20232 min read
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The Racketeers - Publishing
I have cracked the secret behind all of my posts observing what's wrong, why minority writers complain about running into BS. Someone has...

Sylvia Woodham
Jul 3, 20236 min read
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Coming Out - of Isolation
Officially, the pandemic/ lockdown phase ended for us a year and a half ago, but that doesn't mean that isolation hasn't lingered on for...

Sylvia Woodham
Jun 21, 20233 min read
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On Cutting Toxic Ties
Sounds like other people have had some rough life patches recently. There were some situations that exploded with a literary agency that...

Sylvia Woodham
May 15, 20238 min read
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Breaking Patterns
This is a personal journal entry about some upsetting and difficult dynamics I've faced in the past few weeks, as part of trying to...

Sylvia Woodham
May 2, 20239 min read
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On Mental Health in dealing with Writing freelancers
I am going to speak out about these experiences, because they cause burnout, and I feel populations who are behaving this way are a...

Sylvia Woodham
Apr 5, 20234 min read
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Formality of Voice vs. Expertise
This is a specific continuation around my Non-fiction proposal journey. First, there appears to be some disconnect between finding the...

Sylvia Woodham
Mar 31, 20239 min read
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The Non-Fiction Contrast
I sent out a spring newsletter this week to welcome new followers and let them know about updates in my writing. One of the themes of...

Sylvia Woodham
Mar 24, 20236 min read
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"Maerchen: Prince of Gold and Greed" has a home
My next short story will be published on Danse MacCabre in May: https://dansemacabreonline.wixsite.com/neudm/sylvia-woodham-150 In the...

Sylvia Woodham
Mar 22, 20234 min read
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