Tag: writing
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It’s been a while since I last posted here. I apologize. I’ve tried to write something for The Rattling Skeleton, but every time I’ve sat down, nothing of value has come out. It’s led me to wonder if I have what it takes—what it takes to write; what it takes…
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32 isn’t much of a milestone birthday, all things considered. You don’t get many of those once you reach adulthood. People only care when you’ve reached another decade; some care when you turn 35 and 55, too. That’s just the way life is; after a certain point, the new memories…
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Dear Charlotte, You don’t know me, and you will never know me. A teenage trans girl and a thirty-something cis man don’t often inhabit the same social circles. But even if we did, the chance we might’ve had to get to know one another has now passed. You are, as…
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What does writer’s block feel like? It feels like my soul has run dry. It feels like I’m wandering through a world of endless fog. It feels like admitting defeat to the forces of entropy. There is also a feeling of rage—a wave of anger pointed at those mediocrities who…
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The image above is taken from a video Industrial Light and Magic premiered at a TED talk last month. The video, Star Wars: Field Guide, “explores what it would feel like if you sent a probe droid to a brand new Star Wars planet (sic).” The video accurately summarizes our…
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> To Great Galactic Consciousness: Deep Survey Vessel 34-9 has discovered an artificial probe. > To Central Consciousness Iteration – 34: Where was the spacecraft located? > To Great Galactic Consciousness: In a star cluster, 7,576 parsecs from Home-world. > To Central Consciousness Iteration – 34: Contents of the space…
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