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The Loneliness of the Middle Distance Scholar
or, "Between Estival and Autumnal"
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JD Scott
July 2023
Writing Practice as the Stages of Grief
or, trying to write my way toward acceptance and grace
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JD Scott
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June 2023
A Few Thoughts on the 'Author Website'
"Should I create one for myself?" "Is mine good enough? & other questions
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JD Scott
May 2023
The Illegible & Illegitimate Author
What being a writer vs. being an author means to me
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JD Scott
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A Season of Spring Cleaning
or, what I've been up to the past five weeks
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JD Scott
April 2023
Far-flung Spring & the Eisenhower Matrix
On finishing my second year of my PhD + planning for comps
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JD Scott
The Four Dyads of Building Fictional Worlds: Part II
Rounding out with play, work, the natural, and the supernatural
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JD Scott
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March 2023
The Four Dyads of Building Fictional Worlds: Part I
On how we talk about the virtues and qualities of writing fiction
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JD Scott
How much rejection goes into publishing a story collection?
On the iceberg illusion and the lit mag publication process
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JD Scott
February 2023
Photographs, Collages, & Paper Heart Doilies
on how a past life with photo taught me how to protect my creative heart
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JD Scott
Submitting to Literary Magazines & Genre Fiction Markets
a how-to guide for beginning the lit mag grind
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JD Scott
December 2022
Creative Writer Goals & Five-Year Plans
A worksheet for writing goals
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JD Scott
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