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"People say I’m to blame—my face in particular. So beautiful, it launched an armada. But it’s all bullshit. Men blame women for their sins, and I’m no different. So, no, I didn’t start this war. But I’m sure as hell going to finish it." Warrior Daughter is sapphic Helen of Troy x Throne of Glass.

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The highest of compliments

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The amount of time spent staring blankly during the drafting process is, well, it’s a lot of time. See also sighing heavily, muttering “okayyy,” and the making of facial expressions usually reserved for anger or frustration.

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Me in class today: “I’d normally encourage you to focus on critical social and/or political issues, and you can! But if you’re feeling overwhelmed and hopeless right now, pick something you’re interested in that’s not going to send you into a spiral.” The way they literally sighed in relief

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Updating my class homepage Bitmjoji to reflect current events

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Listen, as an English professor in the Pacific Northwest, I know I’m supposed to be indoctrinating my students in “wokeness,” but I’ve spent all week reminding them that having Chat GPT write their paper for them because they were “too busy” is still not okay. So…maybe next week.

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Me, fully masked, checking in: “I’m (coughs like a barking seal) here for (coughs) a chest (coughs) X-Ray.” Admissions person, also coughing, but not masked: “Oh man. I feel you. I’m getting an Xray later. They think I have pneumonia.”

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When you walk your students through their first assignment and have them annotate their work. Nailed it

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“I was really mad at myself for making that mistake, but then I remembered my pre-frontal cortex is still developing.” -Student today 😂

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Our boy Rollo (right) is having a tough time. He’s only 2.5, but when I got home from work Monday, he couldn’t walk without falling down. Many hours at the dog ER later, they DX’d him w/ITP-he has no platelets; we don’t know why. So he’s on high dose meds. BUT, he did ask for cheese today!

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Me heart is breaking for those affected by these terrible fires in LA. I lived down there for 7 years and have many friends who still do. May the wind die down and the rains fall soon

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No parking near my building because of construction. Drove across the hinterlands for a spot and got to my room at 7:55 for my 8am class, half of whom were waiting. Projector didn’t work so I had to punt (without my PowerPoint) and go old school. An absolute banner way to start winter quarter. 😂🤦‍♀️

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My niece, all of fifteen, beta-read my romantasy for me and just finished it. I’m now being bombarded with all-caps texts yelling at me. I’d call that a success.

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Senior year is hard. Sometimes you just gotta take your kid a Blizzard

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Have I listened to the "Arcane" soundtrack on a loop for the past week? Yes I have. Have I been able to listen to the whole thing without bursting into tears? No I have not. Those who’ve lost people will get it. That ball in the box keeps slamming into the grief button, and yet, I keep listening.

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New Arcane background wallpaper + Christmas light USB charger puts me in a good mood for the grading of the finals

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I’m just an author, standing in front of the internet reminding everyone that: 1. Authors are small businesses 2. Books make amazing holiday gifts that keep giving 3. You can support authors, illustrators, and indie bookstores by shopping small this season! Win, win, WIN! #KidLitMegaFeed

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I’ve got a house full of teens holding their own “Friendsgiving” and these youths aren’t messing around. Everyone brought a fancy dish and they’re wearing nice clothes and having a full sit-down meal. The kids are alright, y’all.

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Just finished Arcane. I am unwell.

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Arcane has become my latest special interest and the soundtrack is perfect for my novel revisions. If you need me, I’ll be over here in all my feels, editing, while hoping Vi & Jinx finally help each other heal.

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My face when I see Jane Doe & John Smith as the authors of the “articles” which end with the phrase, “here are examples of what sources would look like in a persuasive paper.” Silly geese. If you’re gonna cheat, at least be good at it.

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My students are turning in their final papers Sunday, so I’m taking a day off from Winter Q lesson planning. Today is dedicated to writing for the first time since the quarter started. It’s good to be back with my girl.

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Assigning the essay collection, HOPE NATION, to my 102 students next quarter, and had to (once again) take a moment when I got to this line in Libba Bray’s “Before and After.”

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Hey-o. Got me a new author photo.

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Sometimes I miss the days when we’d all snuggle and watch a cartoon and hear her tiny little laugh. But I gotta say, now that she’s almost a senior, my new favorite is when she comes home late at night and sits on the edge of our bed to tell us all the things. Teens are the best

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I don’t have a “celebrity you’ve been told you look like,” but while @ the Prado (studying abroad), my humanities prof (an old German man) walked up to me and said, “You have the face of Goya!” Still unclear if he meant one of the ladies or Satan devouring his son.

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Me, curled under a blanket watching the silly Wrath of the Titans, “How many times does Perseus have to stab that chimera before he kills it?” Teen: “Five hundred, twenty-five thousand, six hundred stabbies!”

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Me to personal teen: “I’m still brainstorming a working title for my romantasy manuscript before I give it to my agent…” Teen: “Just go to the Old Spice website and pick a deodorant name. It’ll be epic.”

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Thus far today, I’ve: - Tried to wash my hair with Neutrogena acne wash - spilled an entire mug of coffee on the carpet and myself - dumped half a big insulated cup of water on my desk and shirt - tried to empty my coffee grounds into the trash and got half of it on the floor

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When you’re a former teacher and you’re getting ready to print your MS for editing, you need a flair pen. But you don’t buy the basic 4-pack, you get the 12 pack because pretty colors. Are you just going to use the blue as always? Of course. But it’s nice to have options. IYKYK

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Me to spouse: “Okay, I think I have a plan. Here’s what’s going to happen…” <explains> Spouse: “When is she putting his head on a spike? If she doesn’t cut off his head by the end, I’ll be mad.” So that escalated quickly

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My favorite feedback on my sapphic romantasy thus far. 😂

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THE CLAIMING made the Dante Rossetti Awards for Young Adult Fiction Short List! We are so proud of J.A. Nielsen and her incredible book. buff.ly/3v9QaUA #announcing #victress #bookrecs #bookstoread #bookish #bookworm #booksforyou #mustreadbooks #books #read #readers #proudliteraryagent #YAbooks

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That moment when you’re 108k into your romantasy and a little girl wanders into the makeshift hospital after the first big battle and you’re like, EXCUSE ME, who are you and why are you in my book?

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It’s called world building

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After 2 major surgeries this summer, I’ve been trying to get my body back. It’s been frustratingly slow. BUT, today I turned on Taylor’s “Reputation” album and went fast on fast songs, slow on slow songs: a mere 10 minutes on the treadmill, 6.5 on the rower. I’m now dead. 😆🤦‍♀️ Baby steps...

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It’s laundry day which means I’m in my inferior sweats with inferior pocket placement and I’ve already been victimized by my kitchen drawer handles three times.

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Crossed the 100k words line today. I can almost see the light at the end of the tunnel. And once I get there, I’ll have to get out the axe and start chopping. But for now, I’m just happy to be close.

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Her finghanders burned, y’all. That’s how you know it’s true love 😆🤦‍♀️

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