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Absolutely no fun at all. I hope you are getting plenty of rest and fluids. I suspect your diet is pretty healthy, so your gut is likely to be more resilient than most. Here's hoping normal service is resumed soon.

I think social media (especially YouTube), the curriculum and helicopter parents are all significant contributors. Regarding the textbooks, may I present Exhibits A and B: pages on the same topic of seed dispersal for lower secondary. One is from...

I can tell you with great authority – norovirus is no fun :(

Hi @noahkempton and welcome! xx

Hi @noahkempton Welcome to Litopia. I hope you're settling in. As Clare says, the Lab is the place to be to share your works in progress and where we can all learn from each other. Watch this video for more info. Any questions, just ask. Nice...

Hey everybody! I'm new in town, so here's a little bit of my writing journey so far. I had my first self-publication in August of 2021, a fantasy adventure story akin to the 'Inheritance Cycle' series by Christopher Paolini called 'Origins...

Smart people learn from everything and everyone, average people from their experiences, stupid people already have all the answers. Socrates

Hi Noah Welcome. I’m relatively new here too. What I can say though, with one hundred percent confidence, is that you’ve found both the loveliest and most helpful group of writers on the web. The Lab is a great place to submit your work for...

Hey everybody! I'm new in town, so here's a little bit of my writing journey so far. I had my first self-publication in August of 2021, a fantasy adventure story akin to the 'Inheritance Cycle' series by Christopher Paolini called 'Origins...

Excellent blog post from Chuck Wendig. Too good not to share. Fuck AI indeed. https://terribleminds.com/ramble/2025/12/08/gifts-for-writers-2026/

I'm wondering if the helicopter parenting I've often witnessed has any impact on this? Because I see kids who are never given the opportunity to work anything out on their own. All problems are solved for them and they are kept in a 'safe-place'...

I tutor kids like this, too. There’s just this blank panic, like my question opened a drawer in their minds, but there's nothing inside but a tangled slinky and two broken pencils. It is salvageable...in small groups stuffed with kids who are...

Hi Noah Welcome. I’m relatively new here too. What I can say though, with one hundred percent confidence, is that you’ve found both the loveliest and most helpful group of writers on the web. The Lab is a great place to submit your work for...

Hi and welcome. We have fantasy writers and self-published authors here, so you'll fit right in. xx VH

Perhaps it's not the kids or the big-money-spending parents - it's the way the curriculum is taught (no offence to teachers; I've been one and know there are "rules" and "methods" you're supposed to stick to), and the way society encourages...