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Swords & Sapphics
Writing with the Sapphics
Season 2, Ep. 6
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As always, we catch up with our current reads as well as the shows we’re currently watching. Then, in honour of Camp NaNoWriMo month, we talk about our writing challenges, works in progress, and how we feel about setting our books in places we know well. As usual, random tangents may be included.
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