Tom Leveen: Rewind Reads

Tom Leveen: Rewind Reads

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April 2025

The Night We Almost Died After Playing Video Games
Video Round-up in Phoenix: When video games cost a quarter & you could almost get run over by a fire engine for free.
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Tom Leveen: Rewind Reads
May 1992
I dealt with life at 17 by storytelling.
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Tom Leveen: Rewind Reads
One Word We Must Drop from Apologies
It's a tiny shift, but changes everything.
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Tom Leveen: Rewind Reads
When the Day Falls Apart Before It Starts
Learning to Be Kind to Myself
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Tom Leveen: Rewind Reads
"No Friendship Is An Accident."
Good ol' O. was right.
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Tom Leveen: Rewind Reads
Self-Care, Ditch Days, and Not Getting Busted
But rarely was I unsafe.
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Tom Leveen: Rewind Reads
In Defense of Melodrama
It’s not exaggeration—it’s emotional truth. A writer’s case for angst, reconciliation, and big feelings on the page.
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Tom Leveen: Rewind Reads
Gen X Vibes: What happened to 7-Eleven?
Back in my day...
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Tom Leveen: Rewind Reads
Remember What It’s Like to Be a Kid
Reflections on adolescence, emotional memory, and the latest chapter of Breaking Character
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Tom Leveen: Rewind Reads
Writing Angsty YA...But With a Teen in the House
This is a new factor I've not had before in my writing.
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Tom Leveen: Rewind Reads
She made one bad call in eighth grade. It wasn’t cruel. It just wrecked everything.
writing flawed, lovable characters in Breaking Character
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Tom Leveen: Rewind Reads
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