...Been a While, Hasn't It?

…Been a While, Hasn’t It?

Hello, my lovely followers. I’ve been struggling for a while to decide what this blog should be. I have been blogging elsewhere, though. I started an Enneagram project that was initially directed at writers, but is now also directed towards Enneagram coaches, therapists and educators who want to use stories to teach the Enneagram in a way that is accessible, without resorting to the utter…

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Explaining the Enneagram, Part Two: Countertypes and Health

Explaining the Enneagram, Part Two: Countertypes and Health

Let’s start by admitting something: the Enneagram is always evolving, and that makes teaching the “true” Enneagram a bit hard. One of the stumbling blocks to writing this post is that different authors have some different perspectives, particularly on the countertypes. There are three basic reasons why people might disagree, on the Enneagram or just about anything else. Two people have different…

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Explaining the Enneagram Part One: Essential Types

Explaining the Enneagram Part One: Essential Types

This thing is confusing and I sincerely apologize There are two aspects to your Enneagram – your basic nature, and the various ways that can be shaped by your environment, especially in early childhood. Too many Enneagram educators don’t explain that well. Part of the problem is that early educators tended to sometimes use “personality” to mean your type and sometimes to mean ego-driven,…

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Bad Enneagram Content

Imagine your Dad walks up to you and says “I’m worried for the calendar. It’s days are grouped into segments of 28 to 31.” He stares at you, and you force a laugh, then spend hours afterwards wondering if that was a joke. It had the structure of a joke. He told it like it was a joke. Was there some obvious point he was getting at, or a pun that you missed? Then, after thinking about it way too…

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Marginal - Why you wanna fly Blackbird?

Resist by Vin Hill

This is how you should ask trans and non-binary people about their identity 

If you ever wanted a visual to explain how binary in works. (I didn’t make this but found on the Internet)

Holy shit, I just sold two copies! I am officially a person who has sold a book! Books!

Thank you to whoever it was, because you just made an anxious nerd very, very, very happy. 

One more excerpt from my new Amazon novella. If you purchase it please leave a review so more people can find it. If you have a Kindle Select membership it will be available there for free for the next ninety days. I hope you enjoy!

The Boy Who Couldn’t Win

A guard appeared at the cell door, looking a little awkward. A man in black robes and a white collar was standing next to him. The guard gestured helplessly. “The priest is here.”

Mateo rolled his eyes. “I told you I didn’t want one.”

“You’ll forgive me for coming anyway, I hope,” the priest said. “In my experience, many who initially reject religion come to crave it in their final hours.”

“Well, my final hours are here, and I remain apathetic.”

The priest maintained a stubbornly sympathetic smile. “I perfectly understand. But before I go, if you would just indulge me to reflect for a moment on how much you might gain, if an afterlife exists, and how little you would lose, if it does not. God is always ready to forgive.”

“So long as I sincerely confess, of course.”

“Yes. I am happy to wait until your friend leaves, so we may conduct our business privately.”

“No, we can get this out of the way right now. Let’s see, sins. I’m sure I’ve lied thousands of times, because who doesn’t, but none are really standing out. Usually I get in trouble for being too honest, and while that’s socially looked down on, I’ve never heard someone say it counts on the celestial ledger. I’ve never stolen, not because I’m a good person, but because so long as I can eat I can get by without much else. Where I live, food grows on trees. Well, it grows on trees everywhere, but there’s more trees where I come from. Violence… well, that’s a tricky one. I’ve certainly enabled it. I have tricky feelings about that. I believe court records are available to the public, so if God wants to know how sorry I feel, he can always send an angel to the registrars. Blasphemy, frequently. Send the man on high my apologies for that one. I’m sure creating the world is terribly complicated and as a creative type myself I shouldn’t be too harsh on him for his little hiccups. Happens to the best of us. Sexual immorality, ooh, that’s the one that really gets me. Because according to every pastor I’ve ever met, impure thoughts count, and I’ve hardly ever had a pure one. I’m not sure it’s even worth confessing to them. As soon as that slate is wiped clean, I’m sure I’ll have another one. I wouldn’t be surprised if my last thought is impure. I imagine I’ll be sitting in a dark, quiet box, trying not to think about what drowning will feel like, and I think one would need a nice fantasy to take one’s mind off that. As for impure actions, unfortunately there’s not much to report there. Or from your perspective, fortunately. On three separate occasions I was offered a bed in exchange for fellatio, and although none of the men were particularly appealing I took it, because they were miserable nights for sleeping outdoors and frankly I was curious to have some kind of experience. My options have always been a bit limited, you understand.”

“…And you repent of these sins?”

Mateo took a deep, thoughtful breath, and blew it out with an audible huff. “No. No, not particularly.”

*******Available in Kindle and Paperback

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1776 1972 | Peter H. Hunt

The Cool, Cool Considerate Men number was removed from the theatrical release of the film, apparently as a favor from producer Jack Warner to then-president Richard Nixon, who objected to the portrayal of conservatives as obstacles to American independence. 

Ironically, the song remains relevant to contemporary politics and reflects the continual backwards nature of conservative ideology. 

MICHAEL B. JORDAN Saint Barthélemy › January 18, 2021

✍Emergency Writing Commissions

So I just got back from the dentist and the gist is I need $999.20 for dental treatments. I have $250 saved already so my goal is $749.80 to save up.

I am doing some writing commissions. I charge 2 kofis for every 500 words. ($6 USD)

I do nsfw! I charge an extra kofi for every 1000 words. You must be 18 to commission nsfw and you can dm me with your ideas. I do not do any work with minors in nsfw situations.

I can refuse any commission if I do not feel as if I can write it but I'm happy to work with you to see if we can find a good fit. All commissions are private use only.

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My works are posted on Ao3 if you want examples.

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