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To Understand Our Scary World, Read About Fire-Breathing Dragons

What a princess, a knight, and an evil dragon can teach us about Covid-19 — We have not even to risk the adventure alone for the heroes of all time have gone before us. The labyrinth is thoroughly known. We have only to follow the thread of the hero path. And where we had thought to find an abomination we shall find God. And where…

Covid 19

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To Understand Our Scary World, Read About Fire-Breathing Dragons
To Understand Our Scary World, Read About Fire-Breathing Dragons

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The Statues in Egypt Used to Have Eyeballs

This. Changes. Everything. — Mitri the Scribe was once the highest-paid servant of Pharaoh Unas in the 24th century BC. He was the guy you went to if you wanted a temple built, or a letter written, or if you needed a funny idea for a personalized license plate. Now he sits in the…

Travel

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The Statues in Egypt Used to Have Eyeballs
The Statues in Egypt Used to Have Eyeballs

Published in The Writing Cooperative

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How to Keep Online Readers Engaged in Long Articles

Check in with your audience and avoid shouting into the void — According to a study by Microsoft, humans now have an attention span of eight seconds. Eight seconds! Don’t ask me for details on the study, I only skimmed it. And please don’t click away to that study link, I only included it so you’d believe me. Anyway, if you’ve made…

Writing

10 min read

How to Keep Online Readers Engaged in Long Articles
How to Keep Online Readers Engaged in Long Articles

4 days ago

I Was an Overnight Medium Success Story

Please allow me to update you on "My Incredible Success" I made $613.11 in my first consistent month as a paid contributor due to two popular articles -one about how the Statues in Egypt Used to Have Eyeballs, and another which was a satirical article called, If You’re Not A…

Writing

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I Was an Overnight Medium Success Story
I Was an Overnight Medium Success Story

Published in The Writing Cooperative

·Aug 2

In Your Writing, Be the Bad Guy

The trickster archetype narrator and how to utilize it. — “How can I be substantial if I do not cast a shadow? I must have a dark side also If I am to be whole.” ― Carl Gustav Jung, Modern Man in Search of a Soul Everybody wants to be liked. We want to be the heroes of our own…

Psychology

8 min read

In Your Writing, Be the Bad Guy
In Your Writing, Be the Bad Guy

Published in Nomadic

·Jul 19

Impressionist Writing in Monet's Gardens

A travel writing exercise and fan cross-over. Woman in the Garden This piece is going to be different from my usual historical pieces. Normally, I'd tell you some tale about Monet himself, the history of his house and gardens, etc. But today, in the spirit of the impressionist art movement, I thought I'd experiment…

Travel

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Impressionist Writing in Monet's Gardens
Impressionist Writing in Monet's Gardens

Apr 4, 2021

The Dumpster-Fire Politics of Living Abroad

The inevitability (and responsibility) of getting swept up in another country’s politics. — Two years ago, I stood on my apartment balcony in Barcelona, Spain, and watched a group of 40–50 young people with dark clothes and bandanas tied around their faces as they dragged every nearby dumpster from the sidewalks to the middle of the crosswalks and set them on fire. …

Travel

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The Dumpster-Fire Politics of Living Abroad
The Dumpster-Fire Politics of Living Abroad

Mar 19, 2021

The Irony of Surveillance Cameras in George Orwell Square

“Orwellian debate” is an oxymoron, but that appears to be what we’re having. Tourists go to George Orwell Square in Barcelona all the time, hoping to relive that spooked/sanctimonious feeling they felt when they first read 1984 as an angry teenager. They’re often disappointed by the fact that the square…

Strawberry 2021

12 min read

The Irony of Surveillance Cameras in George Orwell Square
The Irony of Surveillance Cameras in George Orwell Square

Published in An Injustice!

·Mar 13, 2021

The First Recorded Same-Sex Couple in History

OMG, they were tomb-mates. — I’m going to rip the bandaid off real quick here by letting all my gaybies know that there is significant (as in “much”, not “important”) debate about the nature of the relationship between Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum, two royal manicurists whose shared tomb was discovered at Saqqara, Egypt in 1964. …

History

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The First Recorded Same-Sex Couple in History
The First Recorded Same-Sex Couple in History

Feb 28, 2021

How a Little Girl and Her Flashlight Got Me Through COVID-19

Strangers, symbols, and signs from the universe. — When I was at my sickest, when I was worried for my life and the lives of my loved ones, there was the little girl with the light. She lived across the plaza from me in the Dreta de ‘Eixample (“Right of the Extension”) district of Barcelona. In the plaza…

Strawberry 2021

12 min read

How a Little Girl and Her Flashlight Got Me Through COVID-19
How a Little Girl and Her Flashlight Got Me Through COVID-19
Katlyn Roberts

Katlyn Roberts

Katlyn writes about history, travel, and culture… with some snark. www.KatlynRoberts.com.

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