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How to Work from Home: Tips from a Seasoned Professional

With the Coronavirus (a.k.a. COVID-19) taking a pretty massive toll on how we function as a global society, many employers have opted to have their employees work from home. However, for individuals in fields that don’t normally have these WFH opportunities or requirements, it can definitely be a difficult transition.

I started my professional career as a freelance writer and editor; at first,…

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Being a Tourist in Japan: Things to Know Before You Go

If you happen to be familiar with my Stories from Abroad series, you may know that I am no stranger to travel. While I wish I could afford to go to more countries than I do, I am still eternally grateful that I have had the opportunities to experience numerous countries and cultures outside of my own. (I, for the record, live in the surrounding suburbs of Detroit, Michigan – known here as Metro…

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Writing Exercise: Storytime

The little that I know about my father’s history as a sailor boils down to this: there are things I will never know, and for that I should be grateful. His words, not mine. He seems to think I’m not capable of fully comprehending the things he’s done. Well, perhaps that’s true, but I would still like to know.

I’ve been able to get little tidbits here and there from his crew; nothing more than a…

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#absent father #character development #cook #galley #ghosts #Lost At Sea #pirate captain #pirates #ships #stories #This is a Book #TIAB #writing #Writing Exercise #zombies

Writing Exercise: The Sea of Antiquities

Mediterranian Sea – 1793 (approx.)

I often wonder if living humans realize the wealth they have amassed at the bottom of the ocean. None of which was intentional, certainly, or perhaps was made by some kind of madman, but I never cease to be amazed by the items long forgotten (thus dredged up by the Sea Maiden) that so frequently come aboard my father’s ship.

The Sea Maiden was the invention…

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#Buried Treasure #ghosts #Historical Fantasy #Novel Edit #Novel Rewrite #pirates #This is a Book #TIAB #Writing Exercise #zombies

Chapter One Events Blog Tour: Writers & Mental Health

Hi all, I am pleased to be holding today’s stop for the Chapter One Events Blog Tour! As some of you may know, Chapter One Events is a nonprofit organization based in Chicago, Illinois, whose goal is to provide resources and a supportive community for young writers all around the world. We have two annual conferences: Chapter One Young Writers Conference for writers between the ages of 11 and 20,…

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#Anxiety #Blog Tour 2017 #Chapter 21 Writers Conference #Chapter One Events #Chapter One Young Writers Conference #Depression #Mental Health #Writer #Writers #Young #young writers

Writing Exercise: Bathroom Break

Location Unknown – 1825 (approx.) It would’ve been so much easier to have been born a boy, but as I watch Curly take a piss over the port side, I am glad I am a woman in every way that counts. If only common courtesy and self-awareness were God-given gifts to every man and not just the “weaker sex.” I would like to know what’s so weak about pushing a fully-formed human out of one’s body that…

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#Lost At Sea #Male v. Female #Novel Edit #Novel Rewrite #Pirate Ships #pirates #This is a Book #TIAB #Writing Exercise

Writing Exercise: A Marriage Meeting

London, England – 1766 (approx.) I tuck a loose curl behind my ear. Mariana, my lady’s maid, will want to pin it to my scalp the moment she sees it, but I like knowing that it’s there; a small piece of me that cannot be restrained. I tug on my kid gloves, hoping the tight restriction of my hands does not become a hindrance before reminding myself that, unlike the men in the room, I will be…

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#Arranged Marriage #English Aristocracy #Historical Fantasy #Marriage Meeting #This is a Book #TIAB #writing #Writing Exercise

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Is it ok for Tangy to have fruit?

antidevelopment

He won.

skoogers-deactivated20200909

im happy for him

emperorcammy

He got sixth place actually

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snoppy-dog

I will literally never get over how Jane Austen, in 1813, wrote a man accepting rejection by saying “well women always play hard to get so I’ll take your no as a yes”. And this is still accurate to this day.

brimalandro

leonardo dicaprio really gets on my damn nerves always actin dry af in all of his interviews but be partyin with 2 chainz and doin the most off the wall shit in all of his candids. like he’s one of those people at work you just assume is boring and lame until you actually start talking to them and find out they used to be in the mobb

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me as an elected official

bibliophilesuggestions

The wind in your hair and a book on your knee. This, my dear, is the best place to be.

myrosecolouredgirl

did anybody ever know what was going on with education standards in hogwarts

like aside from math being a FUCKING ELECTIVE, is what lockhart’s second years learned completely different from what lupin’s second years learned? and like what were the OWL and NEWT scores for lockhart’s year? did snape cover the same material as slughorn because there was at least some bare bones standards for what had to be covered every year? were transfiguration and charms and herbology the only classes to be graded consistently and fairly? did anyone actually know what they were doing? was dumbledore just playing video games up in his office?