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I could never use a chat bot for the same reason I could never join a cult - I’m allergic to positive affirmations and praise

You won’t catch me out here often defending Gen X or Millennials but I will say we understand how to go to a concert without pooping on the floor www.pastemagazine.com/music/noah-k...

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It was full but we just added a few more spots in my Saturday workshop! Snap them up if you’re interested - we always record these so don’t worry if you can’t make it in person.

No Place Like Home: Writing Domestic Fabulism with Amber SparksLearn to write domestic fabulism with author Amber Sparks. Transform ordinary home and family stories with fantastical elements in this online seminar.writingworkshops.com

Just introducing the 11 year old to an absolute essential classic

I just know everyone who was way too obsessed with Greek and Roman mythology as a kid is muttering to themselves now “yeah okay well but these new fans don’t know the deep cuts though”

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life

Now that I’ve sat with my thoughts on The Odyssey for a few days, I find I really disagree that Nolan doesn’t know how to write women or that women are one note in the film. I LOVE Circe’s fierce hatred and feral power, Calypso’s melancholy, and Penelope’s anger, so bitter it touches even her son

I know the trend for a while has been “book that tells the real story of X mythical figure” and they are awesome books, but I would love to write a book that’s just nothing but unfounded gossip about X mythical figure (a little like The Odyssey actually)

I love summer because I love being sad and thinking about endings

Saw (and loved) The Odyssey with my husband and daughter which was cool because today is our 23rd anniversary which is about the amount of time I think Penelope and Odysseus have been married by the time the story takes place