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Update: Climbing From A Descent As An Empire Falls (Part V)

Statuette and nicknacks of ravens and framed Safe Space sign, plus framed Gandhi quote. All of this rests on a librarian's desk.

This past week had been quite a ride. A week and some hours before I made this post, I had an impromptu interview in-person as a finalist for a position in central California and adjacent to the Bay area. At the given time, this position did not rank number one on positions I want to live. California’s cost of living is no small renown (or notoriety) for the reputation of the state. I still am sure I could never find a house in the place if I had the position.

Arriving in the area, everyone was serendipitously nice.

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Update: Climbing From A Descent As An Empire Falls (Part III)

Violet tinted dim-lit candle.

As we try to navigate this otherwise toxic terrain that is the United States of America’s politics, sometimes we can do all we wish with the best intentions and aware of ongoing issues and still stumble.

Hello, that was me a weekend ago. Before I go further, I will give a content warning of how I had taken for granted the delicacy of conversations around Hispanic, Latine-descended, and Spanish-descended identities. Though I understood this in theory, I had not awareness to the breadth ideal.

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Update September 06, 2022: When Authors Have Limited/No Rights… (Part II)

Black journal with a black pen across it, on a comforter with white tiger print.

The publisher had an editor follow up with my concerns that I discussed in my previous post, on When Authors Have Limited/No Rights. Fortunately, it has been a pleasant discussion and they were curious about the portions I had an issue with and I pointed out which ones, and explained my issue. They did mention that I gave up my rights to my work in the contract, which is definitely the case, but I also pointed out an email where they said they were going to let me take a look at the work before a submission. So with this, I was under the impression I would have a final look.

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