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- 1Alpacas Arrive in Olympic National Park●The Alpacas are Coming! The First 18 Hours in Olympic National Park
A hiking writer has recounted the first 18 hours of an alpaca trek in Washington State's Olympic National Park, describing the animals' arrival on the trail. The piece mixes practical trail reporting with the novelty of using alpacas in the backcountry, and readers of outdoor publications are sharing the lighthearted account.
- 2Indigenous writer describes the messy reality of drafting fiction●“I'll be happily writing along and then the characters will do something and then I'll have to shift everything. My proc
A First Nations writer from British Columbia has described the unpredictable nature of her creative process, saying she will be writing steadily only for her characters to take a different direction, forcing her to rework everything. 'My process is messy. There's nothing clean about my mind,' she said, in remarks circulating among readers of Indigenous and mythological fiction.
- 3Ugandan blogger takes functional approach to daily writing prompt●Great exercises to do at home I think I am answering today's daily writing prompt using a functional approach. Here goes
A Ugandan writer from the Iteso people, the fourth largest first nation of Uganda, has answered a daily writing prompt on home exercises with a functional twist. Instead of workouts, the piece lists everyday activities such as cooking one's own meals, particularly traditional first nations cuisine, as practical forms of exercise and healthy living at home.