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    The Muted Muse: A Poetry Collection
    The Muted Muse: A Poetry Collection
    The Muted Muse: A Poetry Collection
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    The Muted Muse: A Poetry Collection

    By Jocelyne Smallian-Khan

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    What do you write about when words won't come easy?

    The Muted Muse explores the space between the creative urge and writer's block. In her first standalone chapbook of poetry, Jocelyne Smallian-Khan quiets the "lizard brain" of self-doubt, rejecting imposter syndrome, and facing the void of the blank page head on.

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSmallian-Khan Ltd.
    Release dateJan 25, 2022
    ISBN9781778058417
    The Muted Muse: A Poetry Collection
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    Jocelyne Smallian-Khan

    Jocelyne Smallian-Khan has rediscovered joy in writing poetry after over 30 years of mundanity dedicated to school essays, business cases, briefing notes, and strategic plans. She also spends time writing the occasional travel blog post on www.travelvariety.ca. Aside from fiddling with words, she is a dance teacher, dance studio owner, rides motorcycles (a little red Honda Rebel to be exact), travels whenever possible, tinkers with websites, and takes on various random projects for no good reason. Read more on her website at www.jjsk.ca.

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