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42 | What I'm letting go of this fall

Oct 15, 2025

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5 min read

42 | What I'm letting go of this fall

And what an ancient Finnish harvest festival showed me about fresh starts

Samantha Garner
Samantha Garner

Etc

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34 | Survive out of spite

Feb 15, 2025

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7 min read

34 | Survive out of spite

Some ways to not give up <3

Samantha Garner
Samantha Garner

Writing

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33 | The cold.

Jan 15, 2025

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6 min read

33 | The cold.

Knowing myself in the solitude of winter

Samantha Garner
Samantha Garner

Writing

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32 | Get exclusive access to my big 2025 project!

Dec 15, 2024

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8 min read

32 | Get exclusive access to my big 2025 project!

Join me in creative experimentation 🪄

Samantha Garner
Samantha Garner

Writing

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31 | Momentum at least, at last

Nov 15, 2024

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7 min read

31 | Momentum at least, at last

Thoughts on a new year

Samantha Garner
Samantha Garner

Writing

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30 | Discovering my voice in old writing

Oct 15, 2024

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8 min read

30 | Discovering my voice in old writing

“Summer 2000: Cinematic Suckfest”

Samantha Garner
Samantha Garner

Writing

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28 | How I wrote my first short story in four years

Aug 15, 2024

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8 min read

28 | How I wrote my first short story in four years

I tried something I've never considered before!

Samantha Garner
Samantha Garner

Writing

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27 |  Building better worlds

Jul 15, 2024

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8 min read

27 | Building better worlds

How I start my worldbuilding process

Samantha Garner
Samantha Garner

Etc

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21 | The inevitability of Peter Gabriel

Feb 13, 2024

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8 min read

21 | The inevitability of Peter Gabriel

Inspiration for writing & creativity

Samantha Garner
Samantha Garner

The Quiet is Loud

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20 | The top 5 resources I use in writing SF/F novels

Jan 15, 2024

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6 min read

20 | The top 5 resources I use in writing SF/F novels

(Plus a few more!)

Samantha Garner
Samantha Garner

Etc

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19 | When I have nothing else, I have history

Dec 15, 2023

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8 min read

19 | When I have nothing else, I have history

Over and over and over and over

Samantha Garner
Samantha Garner

The Quiet is Loud

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16 | On creativity & ego

Sep 15, 2023

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7 min read

16 | On creativity & ego

As in: what's so bad about an ego?

Samantha Garner
Samantha Garner

Writing

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13 | Being an outsider, writing the outsider

Jun 15, 2023

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5 min read

13 | Being an outsider, writing the outsider

(Not in an emo way, I promise)

Samantha Garner
Samantha Garner

Writing

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10 | An interlude

Mar 15, 2023

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5 min read

10 | An interlude

Give me a honey dip, honey.

Samantha Garner
Samantha Garner

Writing

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07 | In praise of shitty first outlines

Dec 15, 2022

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4 min read

07 | In praise of shitty first outlines

And maybe second, and third ...

Samantha Garner
Samantha Garner

Etc

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06 | Digital witness

Nov 15, 2022

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6 min read

06 | Digital witness

"I care, but I don't care"

Samantha Garner
Samantha Garner

Writing

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04 | Hello, first draft of new novel!

Sep 10, 2022

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4 min read

04 | Hello, first draft of new novel!

(The crying is important)

Samantha Garner
Samantha Garner

Writing

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03 | Maybe I CAN play this thing?

Aug 15, 2022

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4 min read

03 | Maybe I CAN play this thing?

Today's topic: Is writing some sort of sorcery?

Samantha Garner
Samantha Garner

Etc

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02 | "My hands are covered in theatre filth"

Jul 27, 2022

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6 min read

02 | "My hands are covered in theatre filth"

"I spent the night in a beanbag chair"

Samantha Garner
Samantha Garner

Writing

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01 | On isolation creation

Jul 15, 2022

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6 min read

01 | On isolation creation

"Fuck it, get weird"

Samantha Garner
Samantha Garner

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