Writer Ching Ching Tan

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So much of teaching and lesson planning involves clicking on links, shifting course content, and adjusting deadlines. If feels like, at least today, that makes up about 50% of the job.

#TeachingLife #LessonPlanning #EducatorStruggles #OnlineTeaching #ProfessorLife #AcademicLife #TeacherThoughts

Writers, I know many of you were active in that previous bird-chirping space. Maybe it’s just me, but it still feels a bit quiet here. Thoughts? Are you navigating the quiet in a new way, or just waiting for more noise?
#WritingCommunity #WritersOfBluesky #AmWriting #WritersLife #BlueskySocial

Ching Ching Tan reads from An Extra Quickly and easily listen to Daring to Tell for free!

For both Michelle and me, radio feels like home. Such an honor to be interviewed by her. Her podcast is a beautiful space for memoirists. Give it a listen. #MemoirChat #PodcastRec #WritingVoices #DaringToTell
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And now strong winds again… 😥

I’d like to have the same problem you have. 🥰

I just came back from SoCal 😭 Will go again though. Will you be there at AWP?

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@dinamamousa.bsky.social OMG I found you! 😍 Happy dancing.

Oh this looks like something deep 🤩

Want to play a game?

I typed "Gratitude looks like" into my phone and let the autosuggestion take over. Here's what it gave me.
Making sense isn't the point obviously, but to me it's like a secret message. Truer than truth.

What does yours say?
#gratitude #auto-typing

Family time means I can hang out with this guy 😻

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Oh my goodness, thank you, my friend! I’ll need to learn from experts like you to become more social media savvy. XOXO

I listened to a few more, and they’re all so wonderful! The highlight for me has been Francesco Dimitri—I found myself rewinding a few times. What a gem. Thank you for doing this! I’ll be sure to leave feedback. 👍

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I’m so glad I found your podcast. It’s like finding my own tribe. Just listened to one episode and I loved it. Will continue for more. ❤️

I did this. No more X for me.
BTW, I used Porto to move everything here, in case you need to do the same before deactivating.

New to Blursky, but funny thing—I was actually writing about the blue sky, one of the million little drafts I’m not sure if (or how) it belongs in the book. It’s called The Bluest Sky.

Writer friends, what do you use Blursky for? Just writerly, or personal too?
#writingcommunity #imwriting

Thank you! Old news though. ☺️ Trying to figure out how to nevigate this thing...

Humbled that my WIP memoir, AN EXTRA, has been named 1st runner-up for the
@RedHenPress Women's Prose Prize Award.
Comes just a week after my father's passing.
Must be my father finding his way to give me strength. #WomensProsePrize, #RedHenPress, #WritingCommunity #AmWriting.

Unbelievable honor.
Thank you
@NERweb

#memoir #writerscommunity

Humbled that my WIP memoir, AN EXTRA, has been named 1st runner-up for the @RedHenPress Women's Prose Prize Award.
Comes just a week after my father's passing.
Must be my father finding his way to give me strength. #WomensProsePrize, #RedHenPress, #WritingCommunity #AmWriting.

I'm honored and thrilled to be awarded SEED GRANT for my book project NATURALIZED. I look forward to dive into all my public speaking teaching field notes this summer. Now, let me take it all in. @SJSU @seed #seedgrant #memoir #amwriting #grants

"One word at a time—it’s all you have to do. It’s more than enough." #WritingCommunity
#writingprocess #amwriting

I'm at this point of waiting to feel hungry again to write, but in reality I'm putting off my book. This helps me. Thx @GuerillaMemoir #structures #WritingCommnunity

I bought a bag of dry roasted peanuts from 99 ranch market today, 南乳flavor.
Nothing remarkable.
We just cracked one and then another while watching TV. I poured wine too (who cares if they go together).
Feels like sharing this piece I wrote last year.

Writers, keep buying books-duh!-but no space anymore. What to get rid of (can’t start) & how? Amazon doesn’t work; I tried. None is buying any fr Ebay (no one needs what I don’t need?) Goodwill? #WritingCommunity #Writers #mariekondo

My husband says if America decides to walk back so far, are they going to overturn inter-racial marriage too?! #roevwadeoverturned

I was interviewed by @KQEDForum yesterday. In case you missed it. The podcast is out. #huffpost #oped, @TheOpEdProject