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    1 Sep, 2013
    “Aren’t you supposed to hate everything you write?”
    artist's life, writing

    August was very good to me. On August 14th, I made my first professional fiction sale, and on the 29th, I followed it up with another short story sale. To

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    27 Mar, 2013
    Hacking my own creative process
    artist's life

    I feel like my road to being a successful artist is filled with dozens if not hundreds of RPG-like level-ups that I need to unlock. Learn how to finish what

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    25 Mar, 2013
    Is everybody insecure?
    teen issues

    When I was in middle school and high school, it never occurred to me that other people might be as insecure as I was. I don’t think I assumed everyone

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    1 Jan, 2013
    The Obligatory Goals Post
    artist's life, blargety-blog, first world problems

    One of my friends asked on Facebook the other day, What, for you, was the best thing in 2012, and what are you most looking forward to in 2013? As

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    27 Dec, 2012
    My favorite short stories this year
    link soup, lists

    In 2012, determined to crack the short story markets, I set out to read every genre short story published in a “professional” short fiction venue (as recognized by SFWA). I

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    24 Dec, 2012
    How Did You Find Out?
    first world problems

    This time of year I hear a lot of people arguing the merits of letting your kids believe or not believe in Santa Claus. I’m not interested in getting worked

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    22 Dec, 2012
    Another year come and gone
    artist's life, blargety-blog, teaching, writing

    Happy holidays! (And if being told “Happy holidays” bugs you, then . . . HAPPY HOLIDAYS!) Like most people, I can’t help but take the end of the year as

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    7 Apr, 2012
    Just for Functions
    math

    This school year our first cohort of IB students began working its way through the junior year of their two-year course of study. One of the things I’ve found interesting

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    13 Feb, 2012
    Doo-de-ron-de-ron-de doo-de-ron-ron we hang out
    writing

    There’ll be like one person who catches that reference, right? *g* While I haven’t been online much the last week, I haven’t been unproductive. I’ve been writing up a storm

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    3 Feb, 2012
    How mystical is your writing process?
    artist's life

    When some people describe their writing process, I swear it sounds like they need to go back on their meds or something. “My character told me that he was ___.

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