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Update #5 Writing/Work Balance

A short but sweet update about the lower frequency of blogs moving forward in addition to some added listens and a lengthy excerpt from Abode! I also got in touch with a really kind and knowledgeable publishing executive.

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Update #4: Site Additions, Research, and Meets

Another bi-week (or business-week, in some cases), another blog. I discuss the reasons for this post’s delay while providing some life updates before jumping into my creative endeavors and accomplishments this week. I build upon the ecology of Abode in addition to some flora and lichens that inhabit the planet, and I discuss some recent edits to existing manuscripts as well as a wonderful meet I had with some fellow writers!

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Update #3: Odes, Edits, and More Abode

Another half-week, another update me! Herein, I include four new poems I completed over the past week—2 more than I said I would include in this next update! Additionally, I discuss updates to the website, updates to cover art, and describe my worldbuilding progress pertinent to the first book in my planned novel series, Sohlmulacrum Volume I - Abode to Terrodia.

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Update #2 Abode, Alt Text, and Odes

Another bi-week, another set of updates from yours truly, Laurentia Spirek! Firstly, I relay my progress regarding my world-building and incorporation of termite research for Sohlmulacrum Volume I - Abode to Terrodia. Then I discuss technical updates for website formatting and alt text additions, followed by updates pertaining to my poetry projects and the ongoing editing of two new poems. I conclude with a heartfelt address to you, the viewer/reader, for engaging with my creative endeavors.

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Introduction & Update #1

Get acquainted with name behind the site & the writing therein! In this first post, Laurentia Spirek introduces herself, her projects, her recent progress, and provides a few excerpts from her oeuvre.

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