Tag: Writing
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Bureaucratic Aggro
Magistrix Clarienne <Guardian of Process> Administrative Wing Delve Encounter Log filed by Linnarra, Sentinel Scout of Darkshore I’ve just cleared the last of the Email Wraiths and Calendar Elementals. The corridor finally falls quiet. I take the opportunity to rest for a moment. Thunder settles beside me while I build a small fire and pull…
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Don’t Call It a Comebeck. I’ve Been Here For Years.
Roughly twelve years ago, I wrote this post. The links are now broken. And the context is lost to me. One thing I do remember: I didn’t understand why the phrase “don’t call it a comeback” lodged itself so deeply in me. I still don’t. The post was about the television show, Revenge, which I…
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Reclaiming the Parts I Thought I Had to Leave Behind
A few times lately, I had been asked how my dissertation writing is going. Not even that long ago, that question made me groan. Not theatrically. Just… honestly. Dissertation work felt overwhelming, insurmountable. Like a mountain I had agreed to climb without oxygen. What was I thinking?! Sure, I was surviving. Hiding from the work…
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The Robots Think I’m a Robot
I did what any responsible, well-adjusted academic would do when Grammarly’s AI detector told me my writing was probably written by AI. I panicked. Okay, I’ll be honest. I spiraled into despair, then I panicked. After I got the self-flagellation out of the way, I did the most reasonable thing available to me in the…
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Standing in the Circle: Recognizing Care Before I Had Words
Prince Baelor Breakspear steps forward during the Trial of Seven, and the world tightens. The law is present. The rules are clear. The spectacle is sanctioned. Nothing requires him to move. And yet he does. Before I could tell you why this mattered, my body already knew. A stillness. A pull. A welling in my…