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The big COVID-19 Question Writers Are Asking

The big COVID-19 Question Writers Are Asking

April 4, 2020
by Bronwen On WritingThe Wider World

There's a big question on every writer's mind as the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic sets in. What does COVID-19 mean for our writing? Let's not beat around the bush. Our lives have changed drastically, or will soon. This is not an isolated phenom ...

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Why You Need a Hobby Outside of Writing

October 18, 2019
by Bronwen On WritingThe Wider World

I’ve known for a very long time that I wanted to be a writer. I got my start writing fanfiction (long before AO3) and fanfiction by its nature is a hobby. Writing was what I did in my spare time. It was how I kept myself from being bored to tears in ...

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A family legacy of books

August 7, 2019
by Bronwen ReadingSouth AfricaThe Wider World

Thursday will be my grandmother's 94th birthday. The women on that side of the family tend toward longevity, but my grandmother is exceptional. A few months back my aunt gave her an old cell phone with WhatsApp capabilities. She'd never had such a ...

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2018 Year in Review

January 18, 2019
by Bronwen Author Mentor MatchIn Her Own SkinMonster Novel Structure

I'm probably the last to the "Year in Review" party, but I have a good excuse! The mountain behind my house was on fire. Literally. See, where we live is very dry and fireworks are banned in the entire municipality. But, someone decided to celebrate ...

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Trigger Warnings, Big Data, and Building a Better Search Engine

December 15, 2017
by Bronwen MediaReadingTech Support

There's a lot of discussion these days about trigger warnings and how they should be handled. I don't have any triggers, but I know some wonderful people who do. (Just like racism and homophobia, being a jerk can be cured by getting to know people.) ...

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The Move: An Epic Saga of Familial Perserverance

September 30, 2017
by Bronwen #rexpat studiesNew JerseySouth Africa

I should have a fairy tale for you today but that'll have to wait. I'm going to tell you a different kind of fairy tale instead. It's officially been one year since we left the US. Time flies. Sometimes it takes coach, like we did.  At the time I dut ...

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Anderson: The Dryad

April 30, 2017
by Bronwen Fairy Tales & MythsHans Christian AndersonReading

My summary isn't going to do this justice. Anderson writes evocatively of the setting and the people, and I'm just going to focus on the main plot. Here we go. Source: HCA.Gilead.org.il Summary In the countryside of France, a massive tree is felle ...

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Princess Time 

March 6, 2017
by Bronwen MediaThe Wider World

The above screenshot is from the January 2017 issue of National Geographic, which focused on gender. The page pictured asks, Is dressing up as princesses 'a normal girlie-girl phase' or does it encourage girls to define themselves based on appearanc ...

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V DAY A Global Movement To End Violence Against Women And Girls

Happy V-DAY 2017

February 13, 2017
by Bronwen The Wider World

Today is Valentine's Day, but it's also V-DAY. Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues are traditionally performed around this time of year, with the end goals of raising awareness of abuse against women and girls, and raising money for organizations that ...

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Getting on our way 

September 28, 2016
by Bronwen #rexpat studiesNew Jersey

I'm sitting in a rental minivan, having dropped off the last of our cars with its new owner this morning. My apartment is being disassembled by highly competent movers. My bags are packed.  Today is Moving Day 1. My apartment gets packed   ...

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Departing the Day Job, and Other Preparations

September 23, 2016
by Bronwen #rexpat studiesNew JerseyProgress

Today is my last day at The Day Job. My coworkers are taking me to lunch--I chose the local BBQ joint, as American barbeque is not something I'll get a lot of overseas. (It'll be damn good South African braai, excellent but not the same.) My desk wa ...

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Unexpecteds: When $#!& happens

August 29, 2016
by Bronwen ProgressThe Wider World

This is not so much an informational post, because I have little in the way of information. It's a venting post. Because my mother is sick. A few weeks ago she started feeling nauseas, every day. She got progressively weaker and then went to the doc ...

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Saying Goodbye to My Writing Group

August 26, 2016
by Bronwen #rexpat studiesOn WritingProgress

I love my writing group. I built my writing group, and was tremendously fortunate to have attracted an amazing crew of people. Maybe the best part is that they're not worried about the group itself even though I'm leaving. When I was an RA they talk ...

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Unexpecteds: Travel Checklists 

August 26, 2016
by Bronwen ProgressThe Wider World

I'm a list maker. I love pulling order out of chaos. And I love my dear friend, Google, for providing me with starter lists. My mother is also a list maker and I got to crib off her lists for the Leaving part of this move. But my Google Fu is failin ...

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The Unexpecteds: Unsubscribing

August 19, 2016
by Bronwen #rexpat studies

My mom is super organized, so she made her moving checklist before I did, and I got to crib off hers. One of the categories was "subscriptions." She meant magazine subscriptions. Services like AAA and AARP. That sort of thing. I only subscribe to Wri ...

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Gundam Wing Rewatch: Episodes 13-15

August 12, 2016
by Bronwen Media

Episode 13: Catherine's Tears Zechs is conducting a test run of Tallgeese by having his men fire anti-aircraft missiles at him. He shoots them right out of the air. Tallgeese is fast and deadly. Elsewhere, possibly Somalia, a battle is taking place ...

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So I’m going to be a #rexpat

August 3, 2016
by Bronwen #rexpat studiesProgress

Here's how my bio now begins: Bronwen Fleetwood was born in South Africa, raised in New Jersey, and is now returning to South Africa, making her some kind of doubling-back expat. A #rexpat? Something like that. Everything's finalizing now--the move ...

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Gundam Wing Rewatch: Episodes 10-12

July 29, 2016
by Bronwen Media

  Episode 10: Heero, Distracted by Defeat Recap With a title like that, you'd think the episode would be more... explodey. Treize and his people gather to debrief. Une does not like Zechs or Noin. She doesn't like sharing Treize's good opini ...

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Gundam Wing Rewatch: Episodes 7-9

July 22, 2016
by Bronwen Media

And now time for another gundam story hour (and a half)! Episode 7: Scenario for Bloodshed Recap I told you this was getting darker. This episode can be summed up as, "Heero screws up MAJORLY." Treize has managed to spread a rumor all across the ...

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Gundam Wing Rewatch: Episodes 4-6

July 15, 2016
by Bronwen Media

Still in fun intro times here. Let's jump right in. Episode 4: The Victoria Nightmare Recap Lake Victoria is an Alliance training academy, as well as a mobile suit manufacturing base. Two hot targets in one. Wufei (05) heads straight for it. Zechs ...

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Gundam Wing Rewatch: Episodes 1-3

July 8, 2016
by Bronwen Media

Let us commence with the rewatch! Episode 1: The Shooting Star She Saw Recap Five gundams descend to Earth. All land safely except for 01 (Heero) which is intercepted by OZ's Lieutenant Zechs. The suit falls into the ocean and the pilot is presume ...

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Gundam Wing Rewatch: Prelude

July 3, 2016
by Bronwen Media

I've been wanting to rewatch all of Gundam Wing, an anime first released in 1995, for quite a while now. This show had a big impact on me when it aired on Cartoon Network's Toonami block. In fact, I wrote copious amounts of fanfiction about it. Almos ...

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#RWchat prompt: How did you become a writer?

June 18, 2016
by Bronwen New JerseyOn WritingProgress

This past Sunday's question is an interesting one. We're often asked why we write, but rarely how we got to this point. So here's an overview of my steps along the way. I identify my earliest desires to write with the discovery of Tamora Pierce's IN ...

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Rewatching the Wizard of Oz

June 15, 2016
by Bronwen MediaOn WritingThe Wider World

It seems like almost every book on writing craft makes at least one reference to The Wizard of Oz (the film, not the books), and it's often a prominent example. I finally picked up Debra Dixon's GOAL, MOTIVATION, CONFLICT, and she suggested a rewatch ...

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