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Pink Hair Don’t Care
And Other Adventures in Cultural Appropriation
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My Bruce Willis is Dead Moment or Who’s Writing this Thing Anyway
I was half asleep, barely into my first cup of coffee, and running behind.
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While I Did Enjoy Writing My Novel, I’ve Sure Missed This Place
Some of you may have noticed I’ve been gone, well not gone, I’ve been lurking in Notes, liking and sharing things and trying to keep up with the pages I…
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Like Some Sort of Punk Rock Fairy Godmother
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Let’s Dust Off that Asshole to English Dictionary
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Laughing, From a Respectable Distance, at My Misfortune
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You Know the Old Adage, Don’t Poke the Basilisk
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You Should Never Touch a Black Woman's Hair
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Like Looking at Your Sister Bending Over in the Produce Aisle
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Like Some Sort of Punk Rock Fairy Godmother
Or Sometimes, a Road is Just a Road
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Geno Merryman
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Be More Dog and Other Writing Workshop Lessons
Here’s another post from the Engaging with Online Writing Students class I took a few terms back.
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Geno Merryman
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Laughing, From a Respectable Distance, at My Misfortune
In a recent post on the discussion board in my MFA program, I correlated literary citizenship with chirping in hockey.
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Geno Merryman
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You Know the Old Adage, Don’t Poke the Basilisk
Or is it Never Look a Gift Basilisk in the Eye
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Geno Merryman
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Let’s Dust Off that Asshole to English Dictionary
I thought it might be fun to share a little bit of my MFA journey.
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Geno Merryman
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Plumbers, or The Lessons I've Learned Playing Battlefield 2042 Online
I know these two things don't seem to go together but stick with me.
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Geno Merryman
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Like Looking at Your Sister Bending Over in the Produce Aisle
In a recent class, I was asked to write two scenes, each describing the same accident from the point of view (POV) of different characters.
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Appalachia Adjacent
Appalachia Adjacent
Welcome to Appalachia Adjacent. Here, you will find a monthly, hopefully entertaining, look at the place where my life and creative process intersect.
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