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Newsletter · By D.L. Gardner · Official site

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  1. Issue · Sep 25, 2026

    Does the Character Build the Plot? (opens the original)

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    Both should apply, shouldn’t it? Granted the environment and circumstances in a story are going to affect the characters in it, but wouldn’t the personality of the character place him or her into a chosen environment? A character who has an allegiance toward his country will enlist in its army, and therefore be subjected to its wars. Unless, of course, he’s drafted and doesn’t want to be there. Then he will be fighting against not only the enemy, but his circumstances that put him in that battle

  2. Issue · Sep 22, 2026

    A Bard’s Guide to Portal Travel is Now Live (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Neutral tone

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    What started out as a cooperative project between me and Lavender Lass i.e.(Lorri Moulton) and I, has branched off into two different series. Lorri hasn’t published hers yet, but she’ll be following the three young ladies in my story that Collin takes into the magical forest of Ireland and then abandons. Not that he meant them any harm by leaving them there, but he had a urgent mission. He had to skip through a portal to Sherwood Forest and settle a debt with Robin Hood. Lo

  3. Issue · Sep 18, 2026

    The Art of Slowing Down (opens the original)

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  4. Issue · Sep 11, 2026

    Why Write? (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Positive tone

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  5. Issue · Sep 4, 2026

    Blackberry Festival (opens the original)

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    Here along the Puget Sound, an extensive waterway that includes the San Juan de Fuca Strait, folks are giving tribute to blackberries with a three day festival that includes music, vendors, and blackberry everything i.e. pies, ice cream, and even beer.I’ve seen strawberry festivals, cherry festivals, and other foods celebrated all over the world but there’s one thing about blackberries that might leave one scratching their heads. Yes, the fruit is tasty. And abundant. So abundant, in fact, many

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