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Elaine Medline

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Sprinkle Drifter

Sprinkle Drifter

Two continents. Two opposing cultures. And a girl trying to find her place in a divided world.

2023

Stories

Pinned

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The Writing Cooperative

How to Describe Scenery in a Meaningful Way

Start with beauty, mood, and tension

Jun 5

“Purplestem aster, star of the stream banks.”

Jun 5

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The Hub Publication

Clothing Isn’t Frivolous in Fiction

Authors: Go to the silk warehouse, make the velvet speak

Jun 27

Fedora, laptop, and cup of tea

Jun 27

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ILLUMINATION

Opinions Shouldn’t Rest in Standing Water

Here are two paradigms that need a bit of a shift

May 14

Opinions Shouldn’t Rest in Standing Water

May 14

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Thought Thinkers

Brittle Ground

(a poem about falling)

Apr 27

Brittle Ground

Apr 27

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Long. Sweet. Valuable.

I Don’t Care About the Static — Just Get Me an Old-Fashioned Radio

Modern Communications Technology Is So Tenuous

Apr 16

An modern emergency weather radio

Apr 16

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Word Garden

How to Improve Your Verb Game

Five Strategies to Get in on the Action

Apr 2

How to Improve Your Verb Game

Apr 2

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New Writers Welcome

Ten Ways I Kept Busy as a Suburban Child of the 1970s

From Obsessing Over Caterpillars to Hopping Over Elastic Bands

Mar 15

Ten Ways I Kept Busy as a Suburban Child of the 1970s

Mar 15

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ILLUMINATION

My Old Newsroom Has Become a Roller-Skating Rink

And I Have Mixed Feelings About That

Mar 6

My Old Newsroom Has Become a Roller-Skating Rink

Mar 6

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Write A Catalyst

What the ‘Father of Genetics’ Can Teach Us About Having a Singular Goal

Gregor Mendel Had Few Distractions and Went All In

Feb 29

What the ‘Father of Genetics’ Can Teach Us About Having a Singular Goal

Feb 29

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Word Garden

Good or Lousy, Get them Down

Why I Count My Words

Feb 23

Good or Lousy, Get them Down

Feb 23

Elaine Medline

Elaine Medline

Book Author

Thoughts on fiction-writing, childhood, nature, and health care. Prefers moths over butterflies, ditchflowers over roses, snow over sand.

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