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Michaias
@michaias
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Writer, gamer, dabbler, armchair philosopher, business inquiries: michaias.grigori@gmail.com
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2018-10-10 16:53
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michaias
writing
2019-04-01 23:47
The Pro Procrastinator
I've become a pro at procrastination. Master procrastinator. Master class. I've written so many shit stories. I started a long one and got too afraid to finish. Then I did it again with an even longer
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michaias
writing
2019-03-03 16:42
My Writing Journey: Four Rejections, Count 'em!, 3/3/2019
A few weeks ago, I sent off four short stories. They all got rejected. [Art by Ali Axelrod] Two stories were set in a near-future sci-fi dystopia. One was rejected by Apex Magazine and the other by Fantasy
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michaias
writing
2019-02-23 21:15
My Writing Journey: Do You Like Katars?, 2/23/2019
Man, I did not intend to disappear for so long. I caught some sort of upper respiratory infection that has mostly kept me in coughing fits all week. Sorry, y’all. The week before, I intentionally left
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michaias
contest
2019-02-11 17:50
Quest In The Realms – an interactive Bananafish production! - Episode 38
Look who’s there, a wandering adventurer looking for the Bananafish treasure! This episode is part of the interactive story/treasure hunt called “Quest In The Realms”. If you landed on this page because
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contest
2019-02-11 17:42
Quest In The Realms – an interactive Bananafish production! - Episode 37
Look who’s there, a wandering adventurer looking for the Bananafish treasure! This episode is part of the interactive story/treasure hunt called “Quest In The Realms”. If you landed on this page because
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contest
2019-02-11 17:33
Quest In The Realms – an interactive Bananafish production! - Episode 34
Look who’s there, a wandering adventurer looking for the Bananafish treasure! This episode is part of the interactive story/treasure hunt called “Quest In The Realms”. If you landed on this page because
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contest
2019-02-11 17:27
Quest In The Realms – an interactive Bananafish production! - Episode 33
Look who’s there, a wandering adventurer looking for the Bananafish treasure! This episode is part of the interactive story/treasure hunt called “Quest In The Realms”. If you landed on this page because
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contest
2019-02-11 17:20
Quest In The Realms – an interactive Bananafish production! - Episode 28
Look who’s there, a wandering adventurer looking for the Bananafish treasure! This episode is part of the interactive story/treasure hunt called “Quest In The Realms”. If you landed on this page because
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contest
2019-02-11 17:11
Quest In The Realms – an interactive Bananafish production! - Episode 25
Look who’s there, a wandering adventurer looking for the Bananafish treasure! This episode is part of the interactive story/treasure hunt called “Quest In The Realms”. If you landed on this page because
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contest
2019-02-11 17:02
Quest In The Realms – an interactive Bananafish production! - Episode 24
Look who’s there, a wandering adventurer looking for the Bananafish treasure! This episode is part of the interactive story/treasure hunt called “Quest In The Realms”. If you landed on this page because
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michaias
writing
2019-02-06 10:23
57. My Writing Journey: Failure 2, Success, Success, Success, Success, Success, 2/6/2019
It’s been a busy week. Let’s start with the big failure. I submitted a story to The Threepenny Review, one of the big-name literary journals. They swatted it back down within 24 hours. Oh well. On the
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writing
2019-02-02 20:22
My Writing Journey: Rise and Grind, 2/2/2019
In an effort to take writing more seriously, this week, I’ve been trying a little different routine. I’ve been heading to bed around 8:30 to 9:00 PM and waking up by 4:30 or 5:00 AM. The goal has been
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michaias
religion
2019-01-28 11:27
The Religious Right: Abandon All Morality, Ye Who Enter Here
How Christians Replaced Their Ethics with Capitalism Once upon a time, conservative American Christians followed a man named Jesus of Nazareth. Now they follow the irreligious Donald Trump of Queens. How
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writing
2019-01-24 18:20
My Writing Journey: Let’s Get Systematic, a New Plan for Success, 1/24/2019
I just published a piece over on Medium entitled “I’m Not a Writer; I’m a Fraud”. If you happen to have a Medium account and want to share some love, claps (upvotes) are always appreciated over there.
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writing
2019-01-23 00:33
My Writing Journey: Failure 1, 1/22/2019
What proceeds is a lesson in failure. [Image source] As a fiction writer (and probably just in general), publications are the ticket to success on the blogging platform Medium. Anyone can create a publication,
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michaias
fiction
2019-01-22 01:19
Asleep in Nara (Collected Chapters and Afterword)
Before I begin, let me provide some explanatory notes for this entry. Right under this note will be a collection of the links for the short story "Asleep in Nara." I wanted to also include the
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writing
2019-01-16 21:21
My Writing Journey: Productive with a Side of Procrastination, 1/16/2019
Today features mostly good news. On Monday, I wrapped up the editing stuff I had to do. It actually ended up being more fun than I thought it would be. Also, money is nice. Maybe I should take up my family’s
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writing
2019-01-14 00:50
My Writing Journey: So Many Threads, 1/13/2019
In my last entry, I explained that last week was not super productive. I accomplished a few things, sure, but they weren’t very tangible. I decided to fix that problem this weekend and put my nose to the
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writing
2019-01-11 16:47
My Writing Journey: Begin in the Middle, 1/11/2019
Remember that first entry in this series, in which I said I’d be refocusing my blog? There, I used a question and answer format that some folks seemed to like. While I’m not committing to that for every
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writing
2019-01-09 12:11
My Writing Journey: That Green Man, Tho, 1/9/2019
On Monday, I decided to go out for a friend’s birthday. We watched Clemson clobber Alabama (didn’t see that one coming...God, now Nick Saban is definitely not retiring, and we'll have to deal with this
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