I’m so, so excited. Last night, I got the first glimpse of the Inkprint Press Fan Kit boxes, and oh. my. goodness. They are SO beautiful. If just three more people sign up for these boxes, then the exclusive black hardcovers of A Fox Of Storms And Starlight that come in them will have dust […]
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Another quick board sketch today, since that’s all I got. A student made a comment about the line in Romeo and Juliet that starts with, “Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo”, saying that they always expect the line to go, “Romeo, Romeo, let down your hair.” Naturally, I had to illustrate it B-) Read more:Anxiety
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Stumbled across this April 2014 post in the archives on the weekend, and given I’ve just started back for the 2019 teaching year, and at a new school too, I feel like this was timely. 🙂 An ex-student asked me about the pros and cons of being an English teacher, as they are considering it
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How To Theme is HERE! With epic thanks to both Krista Ball and Liana Brooks for prodding me into this via social media late last year. Chapters will be coming out twice weekly (Wed/Thurs this week, Tues/Thurs subsequently) here on the blog, or you can read it all immediately (in draft form) on Patreon, or
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You know you might have a bit of an issue with unrealistic expectations when you’re mildly disappointed that you only got ~108 of the ~112 lessons for the next 7 weeks planned, resourced, and handouts printed out in the pre-school prep week. Thankfully, the disappointment is only mild, and most of me is just stoked
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A lot of writers unfortunately aren’t really aware of the impact that scene endings can make, and if they are, it’s often in an implicit, intuitive sort of way. A few years ago, I devised this example as a way of teaching scene breaks to students, and some of my writing friends found it helpful.
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