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It’s been a while since I broke into a rant here, so buckle up! The issue has to do with this new admin thing I’m doing. This semester, we’re basically transitioning from Predecessor, the person who has done the thing for many years, to me. There are some things I’m already doing this semester under…
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As the semester approaches peak insanity, I am (not exactly) pleased to report that, if your money was on me regretting taking on that administrative post, you have won the bet. In my defense, I initially declined, but my department chair came back with data that compelled me to accept. Blinded me with science, if…
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By popular-ish demand, but mostly because I kind of feel like it and don’t feel like doing some of the work stuff I really should be doing, here’s a post on the logistics of writing the first draft of novel in about two months. Readers who have no interest in the musings of a dilettante…
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Another summer gone, another school year starting. *sigh* Here are some pertinent news. ⁕ That leadership position I mentioned before? First I had said no, then the chair came back with data, and I kind of had to say yes. The chair blinded me with science, if you will. So, I guess I’m doing it.…
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It’s that time again… Also, I just noticed this little comic is 10 years old.
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I’ve recently been offered a leadership position. It comes with some (rather small) salary benefits, but it’s a position with specific deadlines, plenty of busy work, and a lot of cat herding. Objectively, I know I shouldn’t take it. The position doesn’t require a PhD, just someone with decent organizational skills, but the same can…
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One of the most frequently cited rules in fiction writing is “Show, don’t tell.” It basically instructs the author not to explicitly narrate, but to help create a more vivid scene in the reader’s mind by relying on the descriptions of setting, actions, sensory details, character feelings, etc. This is an example of telling: (1)…
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I don’t think I’ve felt entirely comfortable in my office at work since 2019. I don’t know what it is (or maybe I do and it’s a five-letter word, of which the last four are the name of the author of Metamorphoses), but work doesn’t feel like it used to; my office doesn’t feel like…
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There is this university-level committee I am on, and every meeting is a trip to the Twilight Zone because the meetings are where I get to meet Bizarro Xykademiqz—someone who superficially seems like they would be similar to me, but are actually the exact opposite. Seriously now, there’s a person (a woman, in case it…
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The good news is that my novel will be out in March. The bad news is that Academadness will therefore NOT be out in March. 😩 I’m pushing it back, yet again, this time to May. Learning how to write short fiction and then long fiction that people might wish to read apparently isn’t enough.…
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