I now work for the county office of education as a Head Start teacher. For those unfamiliar, it's kind of like government-funded preschool for low-income families.

I wasn't really posting a lot of content anyway, but now there's an actual reason why (instead of just me being lazy). I'll still be around, of course. Perhaps during summer I'll get back to writing (though I was hoping to work on original fiction instead of fanfiction or reviews).

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We Americans have seen a lot in these past four years. Every line that Donald Trump could cross, he crossed it. From countless lies, to siccing police on his own citizenry, to fomenting violence wherever possible. And his bootlickers and cultists and toadies have kept lockstep the whole time.

But today, he finally did it. He crossed a line so brazen, so disgusting, that it demanded action from the highest authority Trump follows. The only thing he truly cares about.

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I haven't seen this movie in ages. But for some reason, this popped into my head earlier.

Okay, maybe three people here are going to appreciate this, but I saw it offsite and have to signal-boost it to my pony peeps (which is you folks; FIMFic is my only real MLP haunt).

Someone over on Twitter just made my week — they mashed up the MLP pseudo-RP account @RoyalNightShift with the parody Taylor Swift infosec account @SwiftOnSecurity.

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In the past, (as an American) I have been reluctant to tell people "go vote". After all, with all the electoral shenanigans and gerrymandering and whatnot, it was difficult to recommend something that didn't always work.

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For every American who says your vote doesn’t matter, and that politics has no direct impact on your life...

gestures broadly

I was going to make this post merely a emoji.

But then Trump attempted to use the official POTUS government account to circumvent his ban, and all his tweets got deleted. And then he used his campaign's digital director's account, changing the profile name and avatar. Twitter suspended him five minutes later. And he managed to get one tweet before being suspended, saying he was sending his login info to another infamous reich-wing pundit!

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Those who follow me may be aware I have a problem: I am compelled to try as many different skills as possible, despite knowing I will be bad at most of them. One could say my personal quest is to be a Master of None or Jack of all Trades. Even if the result is lackluster, I find trying new skills and hobbies to be interesting.

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To a writer, what entertainment one consumes is extremely important. I’ve lost track of the times where binging a show on Netflix or a specific music album have directly influenced my writing.

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A common piece of writing advice is that to become a better writer, one should read a lot. There is truth to this, of course, depending on what one reads.

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Story concept: it's a dystopian future where pollution has made rain flammable and fire is illegal. The story opens with the protagonist buying a lighter on the black market.

What do they do with that lighter?

I've watched a lot of anime. But it was only recently that I got a MyAnimeList account. And trying to dig through my memories for all the anime I've ever watched was an interesting mental dredge.

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Yes, you read that right. Today I'm taking a break from talking about fanfiction and magic equines. Today, I'm talking about corporate fiction and magic humans! I know it will be a transition for all of us, but there's more equivalency in writing quality than you might expect.

Today I'm talking about Unbowed, Part 1.

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A common piece of writing advice is that to become a better writer, one should read a lot. There is truth to this, of course, depending on what one reads. Welcome back to my reading journal.

Fobbit by David Abrams

I chose this book to read because my library’s automated recommendations compared it with Catch-22; a book which I count among my all-time favorites. The comparison is apt in some ways, but not in others.

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Alright, here's an odd request for y'all.

A friend of mine is working on a query letter for her book. Industry standards means she needs to compare her book to other books on the market. None of my writing group could think of appropriate comparisons, so I thought I'd ask here.

She's writing a medical/science thriller. The comparative book can be a little loose, but ideally not that dissimilar. The comparison can not be;

• Self-published
• Published a long time ago

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Y'all may notice that, aside from some scattered blog posts, I haven't been doing much on FIMfic lately. And there's a good reason for that.

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Dune by Frank Herbert

In the distant future, everything is different. Computers have been outlawed, replaced by human-computers known as mentats. Interstellar travel is possible, thanks to the Guild, which uses prescient navigators and space-folding ships to travel faster than light. Humans live longer than ever. All this is thanks to a substance known as Melange, the spice that can only be found on a single, inhospitable desert planet known as Dune.

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Hey, how's it going?

Just stopping by to point out that abortion is a human right. Anyone who tells you otherwise is wrong.

For anyone who needs transportation to another state for...reasons, https://elevatedaccess.org/ provides free airplane rides to people in need.

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A common piece of writing advice is that to become a better writer, one should read a lot. There is truth to this, of course, depending on what one reads. Welcome to my reading journal.

Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson

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The Magician King by Lev Grossman

This is the sequel to The Magicians, which I read back in January. Spoilers for it follow.

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