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Things I Learned in This Year's NaNoWriMo
Last month, I participated in NaNoWriMo for the fifth time. I entered this year with a different mentality and different goals than I had...

Franklyn Thomas
Dec 14, 20204 min read
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Progress Report: December 2020
Hey all, how’s everybody doing? Looks like we made it to the final chapter of 2020, and as we close out this year that’s felt like a...

Franklyn Thomas
Dec 5, 20202 min read
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Ready, Set, GO!
Okay, fellow wordsmiths! If you’re like me, then this is the moment you’ve been waiting for. NaNoWriMo is here! My fiancée and I are all...

Franklyn Thomas
Nov 2, 20201 min read
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Preptober
If you’re doing NaNo this year, let me know. I’m a believer in the notion that it takes a village to write a story, and there’s plenty of ro

Franklyn Thomas
Oct 30, 20202 min read
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Take Up Space
It’s absolutely okay—necessary, even—to exist in spaces that don’t normally include you. It’s how brick walls and glass ceilings get broken.

Franklyn Thomas
Oct 21, 20202 min read
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The New Self-Improvement Plan
A few years back, I got to thinking about New Year’s Resolutions. I made them every year since I was 19. On New Year’s Eve, usually in...

Franklyn Thomas
Oct 8, 20204 min read
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Progress Report: October 2020
Happy Fall, ladies and gents, and welcome to the 38th month of 2020. It’s not a stretch to say that this has been an odd year, and “odd”...

Franklyn Thomas
Oct 6, 20202 min read
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"...Silent About Things That Matter."
Right is right. Wrong is wrong. We expect adults in a cooperative society know the difference.

Franklyn Thomas
Sep 29, 20203 min read
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Fear Is a B!%@h
Any artistic endeavor that ends up for public consumption is up for public judgment. Will they love it? Will they hate it?

Franklyn Thomas
Sep 21, 20204 min read
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Stuff I've Read: Robogenesis by Daniel H. Wilson
Robogenesis drops us right back in a future world that seems just plausible enough to be terrifying.

Franklyn Thomas
Sep 10, 20203 min read
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Progress Report: September 2020
Hey everybody, what’s up? As summer comes to an end, we approach the home stretch of this... rather unique year. I swear, if someone...

Franklyn Thomas
Sep 2, 20202 min read
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Progress Report: August 2020
Hey everybody! Welcome back for a new month on the hit show, “Adventures in Quarantine!” As the COVID-19 outbreak rages on for a fifth...

Franklyn Thomas
Aug 4, 20202 min read
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Progress Report: July 2020
Hello, everyone. It’s been a minute; did I miss anything? What’s new? Of course, the answer to that is everything and nothing. We’ve...

Franklyn Thomas
Jul 1, 20202 min read
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Make Art
There is no sugarcoating it: this is an uncomfortable time to be alive. But art can keep you sane.

Franklyn Thomas
Mar 23, 20202 min read
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Remaking Myself
It didn't happen all at once. It never does.

Franklyn Thomas
Mar 6, 20204 min read
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Life of a Knicks Fan: The Future is Unclear
There’s been an air of chaos over the team for the last 20 years that is difficult to see through ...

Franklyn Thomas
Feb 29, 20204 min read
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Stuff I Read in 2019
Without further ado, here's a quick overview of my 2019 review list.

Franklyn Thomas
Jan 13, 20207 min read
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Stuff I Read in 2018
#bookreviews #reading #2018readinglist #sorryimlate #writing #author #thegirlwithallthegifts #mikecarey #readyplayerone #ernestcline...

Franklyn Thomas
Jan 13, 20206 min read
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As I See It #1: The Conversation
#opinion #racism #sleep #profession #writing #author #hair #blackinamerica Author's Note: As I See It is something new I'm trying where I...

Franklyn Thomas
Dec 30, 20193 min read
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Stuff I've Read: Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman
Austin Grossman sends us on a fantastical deconstruction of modern superhero tropes in his 2007 novel, Soon I Will Be Invincible.

Franklyn Thomas
Dec 11, 20193 min read
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