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My Favorite Things, Part 8.3: Improvements to Daily Life (Community)
In my capstone post on my favorite life improvements in speculative fiction, today I'm talking about community.
Leah E. Welker
Apr 44 min read


My Favorite Things, Part 8.2: Improvements to Daily Life (Housing and Sanitation)
Picking up from my last post on my favorite improvements to daily life in fiction, this time I'm talking about housing and sanitation.
Leah E. Welker
Feb 75 min read


My Favorite Things, Part 8.1: Improvements to Daily Life (Sleeping and Food)
In this post on my favorite things in fiction, I'm going to talk about improvements to daily life, particularly in sleep and food.
Leah E. Welker
Dec 13, 20249 min read


My Favorite Things, Part 7: Paragons
In this latest installment in the series of posts about my favorite things in fiction, I'm going to talk about paragons.
Leah E. Welker
Sep 27, 202410 min read


My Favorite Things, Part 6: Villains
In my next post on my favorite things to read and write in fiction, here are the kinds of villains I see as being a (cough) necessary evil.
Leah E. Welker
Jul 19, 20248 min read


My Favorite Things, Part 5: "Soft" Heroines
One of my favorite things in fiction is a soft heroine, and here's what I mean by that.
Leah E. Welker
Jun 28, 202411 min read


My Favorite Things, Part 4: Introspection
I can't think of much to write about my fondness for introspection, so this will actually be a shorter post. (Oh, the irony.)
Leah E. Welker
Jun 14, 20244 min read


My Favorite Things, Part 3: Settings
What fiction settings do I find the most compelling?
Leah E. Welker
Jun 7, 20247 min read


My Favorite Things, Part 2.5: Romance (cont.)
The last post was more about my conflict with romance, so here's a bonus post, full of the happy romance specifics I love to read and write.
Leah E. Welker
May 31, 202410 min read


My Favorite Things, Part 2: Romance
In this next installment about my favorite things to read and write, I talk about my conflicted love for romance.
Leah E. Welker
May 24, 202411 min read


My Favorite Things, Part 1: Magic
In which I talk about the quintessential fantasy aspect: magic. Except what KINDS do I like? That's the question!
Leah E. Welker
Apr 26, 20249 min read
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