Debbie Urbanski

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Why did Middlemarch have to end?

finishing a long novel is really sad

Falling in Love with Middlemarch

(do it!)

What can be learned about writing from two translations of Pinocchio?

Writing residencies for parents

If you’re a writer and mother (or father), should you abandon your young children and escape for a few weeks to a residency?

Should you read your child abridged versions of really good books?

A story about a spider

by Stella, 4-3/4 years old

New story in Confrontation

Comparing drafts of Little House on the Prairie

Why Pippi breaks my heart

but read it to your kids right now anyway

Searching for aliens and/or God

and a new story up on Necessary Fiction

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