applying for jobs again

Teaching high school creative writing is wild because sometimes I’ll overhear things like: “I’m balls deep in this draft.”

I still send stuff to my dad on Instagram even though he’s not around to look at it. I send him stuff I think he’d like. Sometimes it’s funny stuff. Most of the time it’s something about people being good to each other. Because that’s just about exactly who my dad was in between the laughter.

A prologue is just a book doing a cold open.

I was not prepared for my son to start pronouncing pepperoni correctly today but my plans for the weekend now involve collecting all the pieces of my shattered heart.

Just introducing myself here... I’m Brent, I write YA fiction, and I am trapped in the midwest (just not the prettiest parts of it). I generally post and interact with stuff about… ✍🏻 Writing 📖 Reading 📚 Publishing ✈️ Traveling 🧑‍🏫 Teaching ☕️ Coffee •Grief (sorry, there’s no dead dad emoji)

My milennial urge to end every text with lol is almost as strong as my midwestern urge to announce “cows” whenever I see one on a road trip. Almost.

Happy to report that McConaughey’s tuna salad recipe is in fact the slappinest.

My quick read little baby! 🖤 www.blackharepress.com/the-dome-by-...

The Dome by K. Roy - Black Hare Press

Enter if you dare, for The Dome is more than just a house—it’s a living, breathing entity with a will of its own.

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David M. Perry@lollardfish.bsky.social · 2y ago

Welcome to Bluesky. If you're a writer, don't forget to TELL US ALL ABOUT YOUR BOOK!

Today I got to use the phrase “skibiddi toilet Ohio rizz” twice in front of teenagers who reacted exactly the way I hoped they would and that made me very happy.

Fun Fact: The word poem can be traced back to the Greek word poiein literally meaning "thing made or created.” This implies that anything a human being makes can be considered a poem if you want. Including this post. Or this 5th coffee I’m making. Don’t be a poetry purist. It’s all poems, bro.

One of my creative writing students today: “Jazz is to music as poetry is to writing.” I’m bouta throw so much Langston Hughes at this kid and he doesn’t know it yet but he’s very excited about it.

Lotta new apps. Too many some would argue. But I gotta say, out of all the options (Instagram, TikTok, BlueSky, X, Threads, Discord, SnapChat, TimeShredder, AddictScroll, MeanScreen, Swipetap, ProLapse, Venmo, etc.) I like disappearing into the woods the best.

Kinda dumb how rock and roll as a genre is a monarchy when really the King of Rock and Roll was elected by popular demand. Like that’s the voice of the people. Should be President of Rock and Roll but I’m not President or King of anything so what do I know I’m just some guy.

Dogs and small children are similar in that sometimes they will see something on the ground and think: “Someone needs to eat that and it’s going to be me.”

PSA: Picture books really do be hard af to write. I heard them say it. I believed them. But now I’m learning that shit the hard way like I’m a five foot tall man trying to climb into his cybertruck without a step stool.

Crazy as a high school teacher how some kid with a vape has the power to set off the fire alarm outside the bathroom and make me go outside for 15 mins at any point in my day.

Playing Pokémon Red on an old GameBoy Advanced or Ocarina of Time on my N64 is the closest thing to time travel in existence.

Every morning I wake up and read Walking by Henry David Thoreau to remind myself that I am living a lie and I should disappear into the woods.

Saw this quote this morning and it was bussin bussin for my brain today: “Your mind doesn’t wander. It moves toward what it finds most interesting. To improve focus, become curious about what’s in front of you.” - Muscara

Honestly, maybe this could be my place to just be unhinged? I kinda need a place like that where I can just kinda relax a little with both of my followers 💜

The end of Back Burner by August Burns Red when the drums go BUHBADUBBA

a man wearing headphones is sitting in a chair in front of a computer screen .

Alt: a man wearing headphones is sitting in a chair in front of a computer screen .

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In a world where it kinda sorta turned out that a lot of people were pieces of shit it’s super awesome that Will Ferrell didn’t end up being one of them.

Alright, well, I decided to give BlueSky a chance tonight and the first handful of posts fed to me had big anti-billionaire undertones. So, hey everyone. I’ll stick around and check this place out.