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When folks see the name Van Santana—which is usually how it is styled, rather than van Santana or Van Santāna—the tendency is to think Santana like Carlos Santana, which is fine and not entirely unintentional; yet there is also santāna (or saṃtāna), a Sanskrit word that means something
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In response to the ideas and questions posed here, by the lovely and talented Chevanne, this … A body of work. My body does the work, of my mind. It makes a body of work. A body of work like a body of water—an ocean, vast and undulating, still and
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Submission. You display your discipline. You submit. You are submitted, too. You are the audition, and the audition is you, there splayed on the page, laid bare. Submitted. You are the words that eeked out. You are the action, the pout, the clout or no clout, the one who did
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The magic of a best friend
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She said she didn’t want to write about writing, and you agreed. But you did it anyway. I could ask why, but I know. And you got your answer, didn’t you, like you always do. What then is there? If you were to refrain from ranting about every
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So I made a lowkey pledge to y’all that I wouldn’t put stories behind a paywall. And that is still going to be true, yet at first glance it may not appear to be. A lot of my stories have sex in them—‘graphic’ sex, whatever the fuck
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Last time, I reminded you of the irl origins of Azza-Jono, the Living City, then reintroduced all the storylines so far, and lastly set you up with a collection of various voices dispersed throughout the City. So here rounding out that collection is part two … Homecoming The verdant hills spilled
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So over the years, ole TVS has tried out a lot things. You know, writers give out tons of advice to other writers. So do editors. So do agents. So do publishers. And I’ve been at this silly game for about a decade now, so I’ve tried a
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Whatup. Got a ton of rex this time, so let’s get right to it! Films The Batman (HBO Max) I could say a lot about the character Batman and the whole milieu of white superheroes, but lemme just stick to this film. It does the whole superhero-meets-epic crime film
