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The Worth of Franchise Fiction

Whether I like it or not, my education has made me more of a literary snob than I once was or really want to be. It’s not intentional, but I seem to be unable to read anything without putting a critical slant on it or dissecting it in some way. I have been trained, whether [...]

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Does College Stifle Academic Creativity?

I love school. I always have. College and grad school, however, seemed to stifle my creativity in regard to writing. To steal a term from Stephen King’s Duma Key, I think that this month has been an “unbottling” phase for me. I have been writing every time I get the urge and sometimes when I [...]

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A Master’s Degree, Stephen King, and the Future of Beej’s Independent Scholarship

Last weekend, my university held commencement, and I was awarded my Master’s degree in English.  For the first time in my life, I am finished with school for the foreseeable future.  I am sure that I will eventually go back and get my Ph.D. (I am planning on teaching college as a career, after all), [...]

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Dolla Dolla Bill Y’all or How I Realized I Can Pay My Bills This Semester

So my classes made this semester. At least as far as I know. I have a job, and that makes me really happy. Yesterday was my 26th birthday, so finding out that I was employed sent me into the next year smiling. I was certainly afraid of having to find a second part-time job to [...]

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