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Ep176: How to Resuscitate a Trunk Novel

Release Date: 02/08/2025

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Main Topic: How to Revive Old Project (What About That Trunk Novel?) (at 23:36)

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Thank you to our existing patrons for believing in our work offline and here in the podcast.

Become a patron of the arts at Patreon.com/valerieihsan for books, writing instruction, coaching, and planning. Go to Patreon.com/strangeairstories for short stories in the paranormal mystery genre.

Segment 1 (Announcements/Author Updates):

back from Costa Rica; setting a challenge to do something towards the Costa Rica move every day for 30 days. (Valerie)
reengage Patreon, looking at old short stories and rewriting them (Erick)

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