Yep, true story. See, I had these poems, and I was planning collecting them and, like, publishing them maybe in November or something? But then the printers had a discount on, and so I mocked up semi-final files so I could take advantage of said discount, only then the files were basically finished anyway because […]
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Yo, #FGU! Yep, it’s true: I finally, actually, mostly, probably, truly have tentative release dates for my epic worldbuilding book, From The Ground Up! WOW has this been a long haul. If you know the story, skip the next paragraph, but in case you don’t……. I wrote the proposal for FGU waaaaaay back in 2012
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You mean I actually have to start *thinking* about blogging again? Whoa. What is this. More seriously, though, May/June are horror months at Le Daye Job and not having to blog so much then has been amazing. SO. I’m tentatively thinking I might schedule a book to post every May/June?? We Shall See, as they
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Welcome to #MadeItMonday, where I post something I’ve made in the previous week, and where you can join in and post something you made too! The rules are easy: post a pic somewhere of something you’ve made in the last week (ish; let’s say in the last month as the hard-and-fast) and tag it. Sit
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Conclusion Theme. Hopefully, now that you’ve read this book, it’s no longer the scary or confusing word it once was. You know what a theme is (the point that a story is making about how we should live our lives), you know where and how to find it (at the end of the story and
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Chapter Twelve: Empathy Strangely, though, what it seems that stories most have the power to do is make us better people. It’s true that stories, particularly group narratives, can have tremendously negative impacts (consider the stories told by racist hate groups, for example), but stories also have the power to shape society for the better.
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Welcome to #MadeItMonday, where I post something I’ve made in the previous week, and where you can join in and post something you made too! The rules are easy: post a pic somewhere of something you’ve made in the last week (ish; let’s say in the last month as the hard-and-fast) and tag it. Sit
Made It Monday: Yup, it’s cake again. Read More »
Message from a friend the other day who just learned I write books ‘n’ stuff… :’D From now on, I’m owning my new identity. If anyone asks me what I do for a living, I’ll tell them straight out: I’m a literary drug dealer. (Bonus points, this fits both writing AND English teaching!! :’D) Thanks,
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Chapter Eleven: Social/Power Structures In all of this, there may be some interesting things going on with our background psychology. Some monkey scientists (as in scientists who study monkeys, not, you know, unusually inquiring and intellectual monkeys) have suggested that when monkeys groom each other, it’s not actually primarily about hygiene and keeping parasites/pests down
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I don’t know about you, but I’m fairly well drowning in Weltschmerz this week (of the unironic kind). Humanity really just does seem to suck, constantly finding new ways to disappoint where values like empathy, compassion and mercy are concerned. Honestly, becoming a hermit is a super appealing (and super privileged) option right now. So,
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