As a creative writing lecturer, as for any kind of teacher, my job is to make myself redundant. At the beginning of the semester, I explained this to my students as aiming to put a Parrot of Criticism on their shoulder and a Shark of Dismay beneath their desk. The PoC would offer such remarks as 'You can do better than that for a metaphor', and ' ( Read more... )

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Very exciting to be teaching my first university class in a few weeks, but also nerve-wracking. There's so much preparation that needs to be done... Trying to juggle with paid work, writing for the PhD (I'm aiming to have the novella finished by Feb 1st, the chances of which are getting slimmer every day) and having some kind of a life is causing ( Read more... )

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Dear Krax,

If you sit down very nicely like a good student and write that scene of your thesis that you've been putting off, then you can write the next chapter of your Transformers/House MD fanfic. Seriously, the thesis is important.

Fair?

From,
Your Career Ambitions.

x

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@ TF folk

I've had a Prowl/Optimus smut request and I can't stop them from just standing around and talking very nicely to each other. It's not a pairing I can see easily, which somehow makes me want to write this ficlet more. Suggestions for getting the writing jiggy?

[Update]

(Sits back with crossed arms)

There. They're squishing.

(Nods)

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I've been given my first teaching job. I'll be the prose tutor for a second year BA class next semester, teaching and marking.

I'm so stupendouly happy it's untrue. I've been feeling so disheartened about things recently, and this is just the boost I needed. They believe I can do it. I can do. And it's going to be awesome.