#Writer

Funny how just a couple hours after it was reported that a GOP congressman called AOC a "fucking bitch", the right wing noise machine is circulating a false story accusing
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Every day of teaching my kid at home makes me hate Michael Gove more. This syllabus reeks of him. He is killing the joy of creative writing for a generation.
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Well, here we go. I’m thrilled to be helping out @newlinesmag and eager to connect, reconnect, and help you connect. In the coming months and beyond, working with writers already
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Thoughts on statues, a thread. Many public statues in colonial India commemorated acts of state violence. Among these, especially prominent were statues of ‘mutiny heroes’, including men responsible for ordering
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By the way -- I'm still thinking/annoyed about that fan fiction conversation from yesterday, so I just want to say, as a professional writer, I'm grateful for the people who
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THREAD: The Muppet Show coming to Disney+ is great news for obvious reasons, but it’s also great news for a bunch of others. (1/8) Naturally, it’s exciting to finally have
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Welcome to Part II!Last week I talked about why I prefer it when players internalized the rules for tone dice in Swords Without Master and how a table that illustrated
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I was finishing the Broken Sleep contracts the other day (just a first draft), and I was looking at the exclusivity clause. You know, 'the Author must offer next publication
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This is your friendly friend who has been self-employed for over a quarter century, telling you to set up an LLC for your writing. For those in the US,
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It turns out it's really difficult to try and make every book a genius book. I just need to lean into my strengths and have more fun. The habits books
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Having three kids at home since March and not really being able to make any headway at freelance work is starting to really wear me down--no time to do the
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So.There’s a lot of good fanfiction and a lot of good fanfiction writers. Fanfic can help writers develop, practice, and refine vital fiction skills. Many good writers start writing fanfic.On
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It's amazing how inventive DOOM was as a writer, vocalist, and producer. If you can accomplish his imagination in just one of those realms, you'd be a legend and he
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""23 things I didn't learn in college / grad school":#9:Put your hand up. This is equal parts:eagerness (to participate enthusiastically, or what @angeladuckw would call "zest");initiative;volunteering (to be le
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It would be helpful if financial journalists support allegations they make against certain productive segments, of under invoicing or otherwise, with solid evidence. Casting aspersions willy nilly serves little purpose
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hey, so, after being in the zine scene as a writer since 2016, ive got some thoughts on what to watch for, how to stick up for yourself as a
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