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Rivals 2 character icons gathered around a circle. Each character is connected to every other character through a line; in the middle is the icon for the UK and Ireland's Rivals Discord guild.

A 9 minute read on:

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A seven-minute read about…

  • ‘Narrative echo effects,’ a concept explored by Charles Baxter in his essay, ‘Rhyming Action;’
  • ‘Secret strings,’ a literary analysis technique/game used by Michael Rosen when teaching students/children, which includes looking for what I believe to be narrative echoes;
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Two panel image. On the first, the copyright symbol is shown next to the words "Artist's Signature" crossed out, with the words MINE written underneath. Caption: "Corporate needs you to find the differences between this picture and this picture." In the bottom panel, a head bust of Lady Justice with blood running from her head to her collar bone. Caption: "THEY'RE THE SAME PICTURE."

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A twelve-minute read on:

  • Pre-‘ramble’: Blogging about my postgrad because there’s no good reason not to;
  • Who was the bad art friend?: The answer – none of them, and at the same time, both of them;
  • The article’s impact: When the debate around your work doesn’t go the way you wanted it to;
  • Fine distinctions: When it comes to copyright, the house always wins, and by ‘house,’ I mean ‘copyright lawyers.’
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Two paths down two seemingly separate hallways leads to the same exit, marked 'MLitt.' One exit is labeled 'Dunning-Kreuger,' the other 'Imposter Syndrome.' The caption reads: "The illusion... of free choice."

A little 9-minute something about:

  • Epistemic anxiety: When you fear that there’s a lot more to how you know what you know… that you don’t know;
  • Craft: Expectations of what your stories should contain that your audience will love
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