1. Sleepover

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    November 1, 2015 by Paula Reed Nancarrow

    That night my mother came to my room – I should say that it used to be my room, and was …
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  2. Why Stories Matter: My Introduction to NerdCon

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    October 19, 2015 by Paula Reed Nancarrow

    If you were paying attention (and it’s not a judgment upon you if you weren’t), you might have noticed that …
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  3. September Folklore Sampler: Of Proverbs and Selkies and Mapping the Grim

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    October 4, 2015 by Paula Reed Nancarrow

    At the beginning of September I mentioned a new hashtag on Twitter I enjoy following – #FolkloreThursdays. My first post …
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  4. Relax, Blogger: You Made Your Goal. Now What?

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    September 27, 2015 by Paula Reed Nancarrow

    In January, as people are wont to do, I set a reach goal for the year. To spend an average …
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  5. Buried Women’s History: Lighting the Lantern for Clara Ueland

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    September 20, 2015 by Paula Reed Nancarrow

    As many of you know, I was scheduled yesterday to tell stories to children at a lantern lighting ceremony at …
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  6. Kid Brain in Babyland

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    September 14, 2015 by Paula Reed Nancarrow

    Yesterday I walked in the City of the Dead. That’s how I always feel when I’m in a cemetery; like …
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  7. 5 Folktales About Grief

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    September 6, 2015 by Paula Reed Nancarrow

    “There is probably more folklore emanating from mortals’ response to dying and death than any other human experience.” D. L. …
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  8. 26 Authors on the Art of Quotation

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    August 30, 2015 by Paula Reed Nancarrow

    Yes.  For my last post in the #AUTHORityAugust series, I thought I’d get all meta on you, and let the …
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  9. Speak, Memory: Nabakov and 49 other Authors on What It Is to Remember

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    August 23, 2015 by Paula Reed Nancarrow

    My daughter Maggie got me Vladimir Nabokov’s Speak, Memory one year for Christmas; it seems a fitting title for this …
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  10. Writers on Reading: 48 Inspiring Quotations

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    August 16, 2015 by Paula Reed Nancarrow

    This post is part of a blog series that compiles quotations from authors on subjects I am currently pondering. The …
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