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    Progress Report: Happy New Year [Citation Needed]

    January 31, 2022 /

    TW with this post as I'm talking about sexual assault as a narrative device. Also...reproductive rights and this nasty covid issue.

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    Progress Report December 2021: A Long Delayed Update

    December 19, 2021 /

    Here are some things that got me through 2021.

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    Progress Report October 2021: I’ve Had Better Months

    October 31, 2021 /

    “So it goes.” -- Kurt Vonnegut. -- Nina MacNamara

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    Progress Report September 2021:

    September 30, 2021 /

    Another quickie. Sorry if you're not satisfied.

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    Progress Report August 2021: A Brief Interlude

    August 31, 2021 /

    Taking a break from discussing my writing to talk about books by other authors.

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    Progress Report July 2021: Revise and Resubmit

    July 31, 2021 /

    Time to head to the butcher block and kill my darlings

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    Progress Report June 2021: Vacation Be Damned, I’m Still Trudging Along

    June 30, 2021 /

    No time for the ol' bloviation, love. I've just come to make an update.

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    Progress Report May 2021: I Did It Again!

    May 31, 2021 /

    It's a two-fer! Can I make it a hat-trick?

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    Progress Report April 2021: Actual Progress This Time

    April 30, 2021 /

    Hey! I set a goal! And I made it!

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    Progress Report March 2021: Distractions

    March 31, 2021 /

    How to make progress when you're not making progress.

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Nina MacNamara

I’m an author, publisher, and podcaster. My books are Icarus and A Bitter Spring. I co-host the Pop Medieval podcast. I am the co-founder of Witan Publishing, an academic publishing company.

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New Novel 2022!

Watch this space for a title and summary!

A Bitter Spring

"It's like carrying around a backpack. It's heavy and it's on your shoulders. It hurts. It weighs you down."

Icarus

Man versus machine. Anarchy versus order. Power versus love.


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Latest Diary Posts

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    A Reminder or Two as Your Reproductive Rights are Stripped Away
    This isn't about us. Or them.
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    A Modern Woman Watches Porn for the First Time
    It goes about as well as you would expect. TW: discussion of sex, porn, feminism, and an anti-capitalist tirade.
  • More Advice To A Parent (from a Continued Non-Parent)
    Another parent, another letter. This time, more panic.
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