Author: M.C. Allison
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This Website, The Last Few Weeks, Covid, and Other Insights
August was the last time I posted on this website. The idea of writing once a week fizzled quickly, with only five posts to my credit last summer. Last February, I had grandiose plans for this website and signed up for a three-year plan on Bluehost. You know who uses Bluehost? Companies, businesses, and other…
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Nearly a Decade, and Still Learning
Sometime in 2013, I came up with my idea for a novel. It has been quite the nine years. I can’t claim to have worked non-stop on it, but I’ve done two complete rewrites and restructured it several times as well. Currently, I’m revising it again. Before I had a two-story line approach of 25…
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Whine-fest of the last 5 years
I’m trying to figure out how to write this without whining or complaining. I’ve thought about it for over a week now, and maybe sitting down and typing it out might be the best way. I’m happier when I skateboard, but the last five years I’ve had challenges. I’m 45 now, so these woes coincide…
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My Mental Illness, and Staying Healthy
One of the topics I will cover on this website/blog is my own mental illness. A few days ago, I joined some Facebook groups for schizoaffective and schizophrenia. Browsing through those groups, I realize the severity of this illness varies from person to person. It’s also a larger problem than myself. The structure of our…
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Henry Miller and Today’s Library Book Challenges Problem
The views expressed in this post are my own, and not the system I work for. Nearly twenty years ago, I first read Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller for a class on ‘Intellectual Freedom’ in grad school for my library degree. For my research, the history behind it enthralled me. Since then, I’ve read…