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Fan Fiction Across a Wide Variety of Genres to Teach Word Game Vocabulary

It's my goal to be the first woman to win the North American Scrabble Championship since Rita Norr did it in 1987.  I don't have a photographic memory like Nigel Richards. The way I learn words is by reading them over and over again in the context of an article or a book - and the only way I can do that is to have an interesting article or book to read. As Benjamin Disraeli said (and as I just found out, as I had been sure it was George Bernard Shaw): When I want to read a good book, I write one. I created the Teleinvisichronomicon years ago,  first for some fan fiction I was writing featuring the NCIS cast, and then for a couple of novels with the umbrella title of The Coldest Equations. The Teleinvisichronomicon is a device that allows people to enter the world of television characters, and for television characters to enter our world. I like The Avengers, Doctor Who , Star Trek: The Original Series , Mission Impossible (the TV series - the only Mission Impossible!