Vivienne Austen

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Art + Beauty

Art and the beauty industry have rubbed up against each other for about as long as there’s been art or a beauty industry. They cross over, and converge frequently with varying levels of success. A painted face is art, isn’t it? In fact calling the skin a canvas is such a common phrase that to…
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The Reading Year in Review

2017 has been a lot of things. On a global and personal scale: overwhelming, challenging, harrowing. There have also been truly good things. We measure out one year on the calendar and give meaning to the passage of time. It’s always swings and roundabouts. I’d like to talk about one of the things I enjoyed…
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NaNoWriMo is over, what next?

Yesterday was the first time in thirty days that I didn’t write, and it felt weird.
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Day 27 of NaNoWriMo (Ideas! Editing! Bubbles!)

It happens to me every Nano; I am overflowing with ideas that I wouldn’t have any other month, which are currently of no use.
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NaNoWriMo Day 23 (Stress! Exhaustion! Hope!)

There’s only one more week left. Time has both flown and dragged, NaNoWriMo (or any challenging period of time) has a way of doing that. I’ve got my eye on the finishing line, and I believe I’m going to make it. The thing is, to finish this, there are a lot of other things that…
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