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The Spindlewyrd: Mariah Norris
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The Spindlewyrd: Mariah Norris
Published Works
Other Writing
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Musings
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XIX- When you’re too boring to be anything but derivative
Art, Inspiration never_the_rose . 6/2/25 Art, Inspiration never_the_rose . 6/2/25

XIX- When you’re too boring to be anything but derivative

Or, “Mariah has complicated feelings about being a fan artist.”

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XVIII- When you finally understand why you’ve never grown flowers
Garden never_the_rose . 5/19/25 Garden never_the_rose . 5/19/25

XVIII- When you finally understand why you’ve never grown flowers

Or, “Mariah has complicated feelings about roses.”

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XVII- When you just moved and you’re just like everyone else
never_the_rose . 3/23/25 never_the_rose . 3/23/25

XVII- When you just moved and you’re just like everyone else

Feeling kinda momento mori, momento vivere lately.

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XVI- When the muse has terrible timing
Writing never_the_rose . 12/1/24 Writing never_the_rose . 12/1/24

XVI- When the muse has terrible timing

Just a bunch of thoughts about fanfiction.

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XV- When you can’t run it back
Personal never_the_rose . 11/30/24 Personal never_the_rose . 11/30/24

XV- When you can’t run it back

Moving, ugh.

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XIV- When the wolves run where you can’t follow
Personal, Inspiration never_the_rose . 11/14/24 Personal, Inspiration never_the_rose . 11/14/24

XIV- When the wolves run where you can’t follow

I’m gonna talk about music again for a whole post, I’m so sorry…

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XIII- When you feel invisible
Personal never_the_rose . 10/27/24 Personal never_the_rose . 10/27/24

XIII- When you feel invisible

What does a legacy even look like?

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XII- When it’s been four decades…
Personal never_the_rose . 9/29/24 Personal never_the_rose . 9/29/24

XII- When it’s been four decades…

Birthdays. sigh.

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XI- When you kinda want to become completely unhinged
Personal never_the_rose . 9/16/24 Personal never_the_rose . 9/16/24

XI- When you kinda want to become completely unhinged

To hell with your boxes.

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X- …and the night came down like heaven
Inspiration never_the_rose . 9/14/24 Inspiration never_the_rose . 9/14/24

X- …and the night came down like heaven

Sometimes obsessions come out of nowhere. Sometimes they wear masks.

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X- When we were here…
Art, Inspiration never_the_rose . 9/14/24 Art, Inspiration never_the_rose . 9/14/24

X- When we were here…

About obsessions.

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IX- When you’re ready to be done with trad and you haven’t even started…
Writing, Publishing never_the_rose . 7/31/24 Writing, Publishing never_the_rose . 7/31/24

IX- When you’re ready to be done with trad and you haven’t even started…

Just a rant, really.

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VIII- When you don’t know what you don’t know (and you don’t want to get canceled for it)
never_the_rose . 7/6/24 never_the_rose . 7/6/24

VIII- When you don’t know what you don’t know (and you don’t want to get canceled for it)

The one topic you’re afraid to talk about because just the fact that it’s bothering you means your heart isn’t in the right place…

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VII- When your autistic protagonist is just like you, but you aren’t autistic…right?
Writing, Personal never_the_rose . 6/28/24 Writing, Personal never_the_rose . 6/28/24

VII- When your autistic protagonist is just like you, but you aren’t autistic…right?

How do you know?

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VI- When your thing becomes everyone’s thing and you aren’t sure how to feel about it
Inspiration, Personal never_the_rose . 6/8/24 Inspiration, Personal never_the_rose . 6/8/24

VI- When your thing becomes everyone’s thing and you aren’t sure how to feel about it

Musings of an old Star Wars nerd

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V- When you read space opera and hard sci-fi back-to-back
Inspiration never_the_rose . 6/1/24 Inspiration never_the_rose . 6/1/24

V- When you read space opera and hard sci-fi back-to-back

I’d forgotten how smart hard sci-fi requires you to be.

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IV- When you’ve outgrown your villain
Writing never_the_rose . 5/25/24 Writing never_the_rose . 5/25/24

IV- When you’ve outgrown your villain

What’s changed about The Seven Strands, and what hasn’t.

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III- When you feel like two black cats in a trenchcoat
Personal, Writing, Art never_the_rose . 5/18/24 Personal, Writing, Art never_the_rose . 5/18/24

III- When you feel like two black cats in a trenchcoat

The perils of branding

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II- When you want to do all the things
Writing, Art, Pottery, Scents, Wood, Food, Garden, Personal never_the_rose . 5/11/24 Writing, Art, Pottery, Scents, Wood, Food, Garden, Personal never_the_rose . 5/11/24

II- When you want to do all the things

I have too many hobbies

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I- When you tried this a long time ago
never_the_rose . 5/9/24 never_the_rose . 5/9/24

I- When you tried this a long time ago

A long, long time ago…

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