“As Culliope loves to say, gamification alone doesn’t work because school is already a crappy game.” Garrett Munro, “Game-Based Learning, Not Gamification: Play as First Principle” in Adventures in Teaching & Learning with RPGs
Kelly Jensen’s article on the state of librarian mental health is incredibly detailed.
The librarians are not okay.
Finished reading: Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon 📚
Finished reading: The Hating Game by Sally Thorne 📚
🔖📚📝 Read Behind the Writing: On Writers and Their Day Jobs by Ed Simon (Literary Hub)
Finished reading: Three Hard Lessons by Nikki Sloane 📚
Finished reading: Natural Born Charmer by Susan Elizabeth Phillips 📚
📝 Read Dreaming of writing your novel this year? Rip up all the rules! (The Guardian)
This is full of some of the most inspiring writing advice I’ve seen in a long time.
Finished reading: Hallowe’en Party by Agatha Christie 📚
As always, Austin Kleon’s 100 Things That Made My Year post is a testament to his ability to find the magic in the quotidian. I want to follow his example more.