Latest — 16 Aug 2025 Write All Along Picks Some Hugos Literature is not a competition... but sometimes it's fun to take sides.
This is NOT the end of Short Story Summer ...because the end of summer has been weird and it's time to renew my purpose.
Talking Points: This Should be Every Seminar Teacher's First Writing Assignment How to get the point across about multiple perspectives - EARLY! (+vocal variety fun)
Sem Teachers: This is How You Start It's not Mordor. You can probably, probably, just walk into AP Seminar.
A Slump, a Slog, and a Success-in-progress ☀️Short Story Summer Update 4 Stories read in no particular order: 1. "The Little Goddess" by Ian McDonald from Asimov's (2005) 2. "National Dish" by Thomas Mixon from Short Story Long (2025) 3. "I have no Mouth, and I Must Scream" by
Getting Good Distracted ☀️Short Story Summer Update, Week 3ish...? Maybe? Stories Read (in no particular order) 1. "Marginalia" by Mary Robinette Kowal from Uncanny, 2024 2. "Five Views of the Planet Tartarus" by Rachael K. Jones from Lightspeed, 2024 (flash) 3. "Rogue Farm" by Charles Stross from
Magic, Not Rollercoasters ☀️Short Story Summer Update, End of Week One: Stories Read (in no particular order) 1. "Cougar" by Maria Anderson from The Iowa Review, 2017 2. "Readings in the Slantwise Sciences" by Sofia Samara from Conjunctions, 2022 3. "Hill Country" by Patricia Sammon from december,
Inquiry Based Creative Writing Decentering in a language arts elective or other appropriate buzz words for letting go of the pedagogical reins