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Zombie mobs
Creative mode vs. Survival mode and making things in the real world
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End-of-summer mantras
That's how we get it done. Ways and ways. I am here. I am part of this. This is the fun part.
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Mid-summer check-in
Manuscript updates + the second edition of Leave
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1000 Words of Summer 2025, part 2
I haven’t processed any of it yet, but here’s what I can say:
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1000 Words of Summer 2025, part 1
Physically tired but creatively energized
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1000 Words of Summer 2025 prep
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I am a large language model
It’s not a matter of “garbage in, garbage out.”
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