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Colleen McCracken

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Stranger Things Season 4 Part 1: a (mostly) spoiler-free review

colleenmccrackenMay 30, 2022September 2, 2024

If I call this review spoiler-free, does that mean I have to not say anything to do with Hopper? Or

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Writing Tips

How to ace Lovecraftian horror and creep everyone out

colleenmccrackenMay 27, 2022May 27, 2022

HAPPY STRANGER THINGS DAY!!! In honor of the long-awaited arrival of season 4 of one of my favorite shows of

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Reviews

Game Review: Firewatch

colleenmccrackenMay 22, 2022May 22, 2022

I was going to review a book this month, but I didn’t have as much reading time as I’d hoped,

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Writing Tips

How to communicate that tragic backstory you worked so stinkin’ hard on

colleenmccrackenMay 19, 2022May 19, 2022

You’ve spent hours. You’ve been slaving away. You’ve taken seventeen different personality tests, generated a full horoscope analysis that was

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Analysis

What, like it’s hard? Legally Blonde: the Musical and the Science of Adaptation

colleenmccrackenMay 15, 2022May 15, 2022

Welcome to my first in-depth analysis! These won’t be super frequent because they do take a heck of a lot

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Writing Tips

The ultimate first chapter checklist

colleenmccrackenMay 5, 2022May 5, 2022

Nothing scares people like first chapters, and there’s a good reason for that. From a marketing perspective, it’s the highest-stakes

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About Me

Hi, I'm Helen! I write fantasy and sci-fi under the pen name Colleen McCracken. I'm a bookworm and literary analysis junkie from the Pacific Northwest heading down the road toward publication, and sharing advice, analysis, and updates along the way. I hope to publish my debut fantasy novel, Hunter of Seals, in 2025.

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