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Talent, a rant

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This started as a Twitter thread, so it reads like one (including the awkward stuff we all do to fit our rants into the Twitter character limit). But I feel like I want to share it here as well. Here it is, unedited:

I’ve got a rant coming on here, and it’s one that always hits me this time of year, when my teen opera is rounding the corner. But I’m going to share it here, because I think it applies to artistic pursuits across the board. And this rant is about “talent.” Thread to follow.
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What were you, 2018?

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It’s the last day of 2018, so I’m thinking about the year that’s passed, like everybody else today. I often feel conflicted at the end of a year, but I can’t remember a recent year that’s left the future feeling quite as uncertain as this one has. To be clear, I don’t necessarily think of that as a negative. I’m a person who has historically sought change for its own sake, and I tend to view an uncertain path as one that’s wide-open—more like an unplanned road trip over a bright midwestern highway than an unguided hike through a haunted forest. That said, I really don’t know what to make of 2018.

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Short Story: Kissing Alex

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I wrote a short story for my parents for Christmas. I started it with the idea that I’d write it around our family and the silly traditions I love so well. And though some of that stuff made it in there, it mostly turned into some kind of queer YA Hallmark Christmas movie. With supernatural text messages. And so I give it to you, the internet, to make of it what you will. [Read more…]