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This is Sparta: Inspiration, Creativity, and the Writing Life

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This is Sparta. Watch your step.One of the most memorable scenes in 300 occurs when King Leonidas yells, “This is Sparta!” He then promptly kicks the Persian messenger down a cavernous well. Chaos ensues; the Spartans kill the remaining Persian messengers. The scene seems somewhat illogical unless one is a Spartan (Shouldn’t the Spartans have allowed one of the messengers to survive?), but the sentiment of the king’s cry and act is all too familiar.*

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The Importance of Boundaries

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I'm pretending I'm British today.In the past few weeks, I’ve been trying to set some new boundaries regarding my social media usage. I don’t know why. It might be that I’m trying to accomplish more in the evening. Maybe I’m being my usual control-freak self and imposing limits. Maybe I’m rebelling against Facebook’s attempt to encroach upon every activity.

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How I Blog

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How I blog is how I blog.How I blog is different from how I write a poem is different from how I write an academic paper is different from how I write…almost anything. How I blog now is different from how I blogged only a few months ago and is completely different from how I first blogged. How I blog is different from how you blog. It should be.

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