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Last day today to submit your 300-word story. Stories will appear starting Monday, Oct 2, and the readers will vote on them — chance to get small prizes! SUBMIT YOUR SHORT STORY HERE Here are the rules: Please submit a short story under 300 words. 1. The submission should include: a) your pen name…
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A former student of mine and I had a conversation right before he left; I remember it often. (The student has been working for a software giant ever since he graduated and he seems happy.) During the conversation, he said that the job that I have, which he characterized as having to come up with…
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I am having a very hard time making myself work on what I need to work on. Two papers need to go out — they have been drafted by my students, but they are in a bad shape language-wise and I don’t have the time or the will for back-and-forths, so I need to edit…
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I have a confession to make: I don’t watch Game of Thrones. I did watch season 1, and maybe even parts of season 2, but at some point I lost interest. It moves too slowly for my taste. I can keep up just fine by looking over DH’s shoulder to see what the characters have…
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OK, I think I got the short stories out of my system for a little while, which means that I can get back to papers and proposals; those babies (well, more like cantankerous old men) aren’t gonna write themselves. Also, I will be back to blogging! Here’s the tally. Total: Nine stories written and submitted…
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I read this morning about one blogger’s long road trip, in which the blogger lamented — or, more precisely, preemptively apologized for — “eating (gross) road food” and the kids watching movies on tablets. I don’t understand this. First, I know for a fact that you can travel cross-country, stop only at McDonald’s, and…
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Judging by how many people clicked on the links for The Grinder, how to format a short story, how to classify your story by genre, etc., it looks like quite a few readers have interest in writing fiction. This gave me an idea! We can have our own small flash-fiction competition here! SUBMIT YOUR SHORT…
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It’s been a bit quiet here. The thing is, I have a ton of work to do: definitely one and ideally three papers need to be submitted by the end of the month, and I am (or should be) working on two proposals, which both must be in by the end of October. I have…
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Hi all, last chance to get Academaze at a drastically reduced price! (Price goes back up tonight.) Academaze (Kindle edition) is only $2.99!
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One benefit of having multiple kids of the same gender is that you only have to buy clothes once, for the oldest child, and the rest can largely wear hand-me-downs. This is particularly useful for things like winter boots and coats or swim trunks, all of which get limited use per year and per kid,…
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