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Celebrating Women’s History Month with Powerful First Lines

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First Lines is a blog series posted the first week of the month. This month celebrate Women’s History Month with titles listed as feminist. Will be hooked?

Published March 2, 2026
Categorized as Fantasy, First Lines, Reading, Science Fiction Tagged Lynette M. Burrows, non-fiction, quotes, reading

You Can Develop a Page-Turning Plot with Character First

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Part one of two, discusses the Russian nesting dolls method of developing a story, including examples of how both pantsers and planners can use this method.

Published February 23, 2026
Categorized as How To's, Writing Tagged Character first, How to plot, how-to, Lynette M. Burrows, writing fiction

The Story of Female Olympians

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Ruins of the Philippeion, Olympia. The site of the founding of the Olympic Games.

WIth it’s roots in ancient Greece, the Olympics has had a long history. But the history of female athletes in the Games is shorter and not at all smooth.

Published February 16, 2026
Categorized as Empowerment, Inspiration and Motivation, Strong Women Tagged black history month, Female Olympians, Lynette M. Burrows, Olympics

Crush Your Creative Blocks With these 6 Powerful Exercises

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When “life” sucks up all your time and energy for creativity, don’t just suffer through it. Try one or more of these exercises and revitalize your creativity.

Published February 9, 2026
Categorized as Creativity, Inspiration and Motivation Tagged creative exercises, creativity, defeat creative blocks, Inspirations, Lynette M. Burrows

Is there a Doctor in these First Lines?

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Celebrate National Women Physicians Day with these excerpts from science fiction books that include a physician or medical concern in the story line.

Published February 2, 2026
Categorized as First Lines, Reading, Science Fiction Tagged future medicine stories, Lynette M. Burrows

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