#lifelong learning

Me an hour later:

Like... I fully recognize that it's the world's ugliest and simplest pine tree but I also recognize that when I woke up this morning, I could not have opened Blender and successfully panned the screen or added an object. I could not have told you what a vertex was and I certainly couldn't have started creating simple shapes out of cubes, cones and circles.

Only $30 right now!

In this four-day class across two weekends, students will learn everything they need to know to write their own fantasy novel or short story. They will learn the basics such as what the genre of fantasy is, what makes it different than science fiction, common tropes and elements found in fantasy fiction such as magic and magical creatures, as well as how to create compelling characters, how to create a magic system and a world bible, and much more. Students will be encouraged to share their own ideas, come up with new ones, and create a story portfolio. By the end of the course, students will have the start of their first novel and the knowledge to continue it, finish it and then write another one!

Helen “Adalen” Hieble (she/they) majored in Fantasy Literature and minored in Disability Studies, with published works including LGBTQ fantasy novella The Wizard of Hirodenal, children’s picture book Kittens? Kittens! Rosie and Mimi and Me, and a few guided journals for writers and collectors. Her short story, Soulmates Forever, is published in the Women’s Writing Circle’s latest anthology, Moments of Love. All of her fiction books are available on amazon.com and her journals are available on bookemon.com.

*Schedule in Eastern Time

My goal in life is to become a "junk drawer of skills", mainly because of my own curiosity but also the absolutely remarkable being called Hank Green.

I too "love being the junk drawer", @edwardspoonhands and I cannot wait to fill my drawer with more "Junk".

And hopefully I will be able to use some of that junk in this diy project called life.

Other notes:

"Your brain cannot tell you which egg is going to become the fish"

I love how how the junk transformed into eggs which may or may not transform into the fish.

And finally,