One of my favorite story arcs is the “Underdog Sports” structure. Except when it has actual sports in it–then it bores me to death. But, give me the underdog sports story in space or on a pirate ship or with a ragtag group of criminals, and I will become obsessed. That’s what The Book of Boba Fett attempted. […]
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Last November, I won NaNoWriMo for the first time in years and years of trying. I walked into the month with just shy of 50k in Dragontouched, the novel I’ve been working on for way too long, and at the end of November, I wracked up another 50k to round that out to a solid
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I officially submitted my resignation as a teacher today. I’m finishing out the school year–for my students, for my team, and for myself–so I still have a few months to go, but I’m not coming back after this school year. I’ve given six years of my life to this profession, and leaving is incredibly bittersweet.
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