This essay hits hard.  https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/dec/05/my-boyfriend-a-writer-broke-up-with-me-because-im-a-writer And there’s this one, that turns darker still:  Whatever Happened to ______ ?   If you want to follow the discussion on Twitter, here are a couple of threads. My (now ex) boyfriend, a writer, broke up with me because I’m a writer. So….I figured I might as well write

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Last day of November! I’ve been kinda dying from work the last few weeks, so have missed a few days of blogging, but I will makes sure to keep posting regularly until all the questions from the questions post are answered, and then hopefully more! For now, some levity, and a more substantive post to

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Maya asked:  English/WGS prof here and I regularly work with STEM and Healthcare colleagues on transdisciplinary projects like medical humanities. What do you think humanities and STEM people need to know about each other to work better together? This is a great question, but unfortunately it’s not one I am particularly well-qualified to answer as

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I had a post with random Twitter levity planned, but then I saw this tweet: The worst thing in life is to end up with people that make you feel all alone. —Robin Williams pic.twitter.com/L3IeLVjy3K — Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) November 19, 2022 By the way, it isn’t really a Robin Williams quote, even though he

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A few days ago, reader DS asked over email: What’s your perspective, now, on imposter syndrome? The timing is interesting, because I recently got shortlisted for a short-fiction award (I can now officially say I am this-award-nominated author). I looked at all the other people on the list, many of whom are way more accomplished

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Pyrope asked for book recommendations, and I am happy to oblige.  I have Kindle Unlimited and also buy a vast majority of books online, but here are some recently enjoyed paperbacks.  Collections of flash (stories of up to 1000 words) and short stories:  Horror novellas:  Collections of poems:  I also read plenty of sci-fi. For

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This is an oldie but goodie, originally appeared here. All the cartoons can be found under Cartoons category and Comics tag, and, of course, in Academaze.

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I usually give myself Saturday to not do work. But this Sunday tackled me with a vengeance as soon as I got up and knocked out some teeth. OK, maybe I’m being too dramatic, but I’ve put in a 10-hour workday today and I’m feeling very, very stabby. I am too old to not have

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It looks like Twitter is on its last legs. Apparently the offices are locked for the weekend, and employees have resigned en masse.  I will miss the hellsite. Twitter is like sanitary pads with wings: once you start using them, you can’t imagine how you ever lived without them (yet you did, most of your

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