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jenivi7 · 3 years

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writing tag game!

Thank you @clyde-side and @bdeblueyes for the tag!!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

22 plus a small handful on ff.net that I still intend to move over to AO3.

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

30,445! I’m surprised it’s that much considering how short most of those stories are. (And it’s a little deceptive since it doesn’t include the 80k monstrosity that is Ryou and the Thief. That one’s probably going to stay on ff.net though.)

3. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Those Things He Keeps for Himself (Total agreement. Personally I think this is the best thing I’ve written so far.)

Human (Was at #1 until very recently! I attribute this entirely to the story being on @shinayashipper’s Rivalshipping Rec List. Thank you Red! <3 )

Black (From when I wandered into Homestuck fanfic for a brief time! I’m still stupid proud of this one though.)

Ghosts, Goths and Other Anxieties (original short story) (I swear I’ll get back to posting the big bang version soon)

Finality (This one’s so old but I guess people still like their tendershipping! I mean, same~)

4. Do you respond to comments, why or why not?

I do try to respond to everything! I so appreciate when other authors respond to me and do my best to return that good good energy. Also I genuinely like chatting with people (especially about something I wrote lol) even if I get overwhelmed sometimes and can be slow ^^;

5. What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

This is a tough one cause when I start a story, it’s usually with the goal of giving the characters a happy end but it’s probably Coffee and Cigarettes. It was for a pairings competition where the random pairing was Mana/TK Bakura and I gave them a weird little break in the middle of canon where they both know what’s about to happen and it just came out sad. NO WAIT I’M WRONG. Lol I just gave my story list another look and it’s definitely Crazy for You! That was an insane asylum AU that’s ABOUT everything going straight to shit.

6. What’s the fic you’ve written with the happiest ending?

Oh goodness, almost all of them! I love a happy ending. Like, the story doesn’t have to be all fluff, it can have an impossible looking problem or be about two people who just don’t go well together but I love a good, satisfying resolution. Most recent happy ending is No Betting, just a bit of adorable, domestic, peachshipping fluff. Favorite happy end is probably A Million Missed Chances, Mai/Valon. I feel like Mai is a challenging character to give a happy ending to. She’s just stubborn like that <3

7. Do you write crossovers? If so what is the craziest one you’ve written?

So, I haven’t written a crossover yet by myself but @miss-moberg and I will often throw around ideas for ones where we will use YGO characters or parts of the world building or magic system to fix things we don’t like in other canons. Right now we have a RP that’s a BNHA/YGO crossover where… oh, spoilers for BNHA: instead of going crazy and faking his own death, Toya grabs both his brothers and just fucking leaves. They run away to Domino, get picked up by Ryou and Akeifa (TK Bakura) and it quickly becomes the found family story I didn’t know I needed. We do some wild things blending the two canons. Domino is this little pocket where shadow magic keeps the hero and villain nonsense out and the citizens are pretty ok with it. Yugi and Atem are the city’s guardians. Ryou and Akeifa are not allowed to use shadow magic though they have access to it. I think Ryou and Yugi had proper quirks that they sacrificed to the shadows at some point, each for something different thing that they wanted or needed. Oh! We have quirks being derived from shadow magic at some point in the distant past and the shadows are always happy to take a quirk back to fulfill a wish or desire. They’re tricky though and usually corrupting. Very classic fairytale where it’s a thing you don’t want to make a deal with. Seto is quirkless and basically runs the city behind the scenes. He can’t deny the existence of heroes and villains but still refuses to believe in magic. This always gives Atem a headache when they have to coordinate to protect the city. Which is often.

8. Have you ever received hate on a fic?

A couple criticisms but no outright hate I don’t think. Or if I have it was so long ago I don’t remember. I was on ff.net at the worst times too and somehow all the hate just passed me by.

9. Do you write smut? If so what kind?

I love smut so much but I rarely write it. For stories I just usually end up with one or two erotic sentences. RPs are the exceptions to that though and are where all the good stuff happens. >.>

10. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Nope. Haven’t had one stolen, haven’t had one taken down. I’ve stayed small enough to fly under the radar for both things luckily enough!

11. Have you ever had a fic translated?

I wish! Man that would be amazing <3

12. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Yes! Ryou and the Thief is a cleaned up version of @miss-moberg and my very first RP. (And the only RP of ours to ever hit an actual ending.)

13. What’s your all-time favorite ship?

Puzzle with Gemshipping very close behind though I ship many, many things.

14. What’s a WIP that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?

Phoenix. It was one of my very first fanfics started almost 15 years ago and while I’d love to finish everything, that one’s just not going to happen. It’s been too long and I’ve grown way too much as a writer to go back to it now.

15. What are your writing strengths?

I think it’s dialogue. And maybe the ability to be amusing. Not funny-funny but like, lightly humorous when setting scenes or winding up to something.

16. What are your writing weaknesses?

RUN ON SENTENCES. Sometimes they get away from me a bit XD

17. What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

Haaaa, actually when I first started writing fanfic I would throw in Japanese phrases and honorifics and looking back, it’s pretty cringe. BUT I can appreciate it as it was originally intended: learning and practicing a new language. If it makes sense for the character or situation though it’s really cute, like in Allargando by Slaycinder where Atem uses Arabic endearments for Seto. (Have I gushed about that fic on my blog yet? It’s so good.) Ancient Egyptian is the exception to everything I just said. I absolutely LOVE when someone takes a stab at putting ancient Egyptian in their fic. I go a little feral for it and it was the hardest but the most fulfilling thing about writing Ryou and the Thief was doing all the research write actual AE dialogue for Akeifa early in the fic.

18. What was the first fandom you wrote for?

Yu-Gi-Oh. I’ve done a handful of things for other fandoms but Ygo is the one I keep coming back to and definitely the one I’ve written the vast majority for.

19. What’s your favorite fic you’ve written?

Oh no this is hard! They’re all my babies and I love them! Probably my favorites have been listed in previous questions already. Ryou and the Thief because of the sheer amount of work that went into it and the fact that we ran the boys through a whole ass adventure, Coffee and Cigarettes because it’s such a fun, quirky little thing with a great atmosphere and Those Things He Keeps For Himself because I feel like I was able to really capture the idea in my head effectively and there’s some great imagery in it.

TAGGING: Oh my god this took me so long to finally sit down and complete that probably everyone I would tag has done it already! So not tagging anyone this time but please do it if it seems fun!

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survivor-kuwait · 5 years

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Episode 11 - “i am the balrog elder gay” - Kait

i am the balrog elder gay

Losing Chloe BROKE ME. listning to Bye Bye mariah carey and crying!!! this is for the people who just lost somebody... SHOOT. I wanted her to blurt out more of her votes in tribe chats. RIP. a fallen Goddess...

SWEET BABY JESUS I GET A SECOND LIFE IN THIS GAME!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!! OMG I LOVE THE LAGOON RN! BUT HOPEFULLY I CAN MAKE IT TO THE POINT WHERE I CAN RETURN BECAUSE I HAVE A FEW PEOPLE TO STRIKE BACK AT.

I’m so dumb, completely missed the voting deadline, in my defense i was teaching, but still. Never again, its merge (maybe) and im not gonna jeopardise my game like that.

I'm glad we merged but two people are returning to the game? This has been the most cracked game I have ever played.

Renee and Chips have a chance to return. Between the both I hope Renee comes back. She was an ally for me and most probably work together again.

Go rennee!

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boo chips

MERGEMERGEMERGEMERGE!!!! glad my zodiac sign is known for being loyal cause I sure ain’t.

This challenge is always weird but i think if people tell me the truth i may have cancelled out some of my stuff im getting. M&M&M are good standings hopefully. I also trust kait thomas and timmy. Hopefully i can make itndeep in the game.

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This challenge was a total meh i guess this works. Hopefully i win immunity. If not hopefully im not a target. My relationship with Madison may be rocky right now cuz i blindsided her tribe friend in another game. So im kinda nervous. Hopefully she doesnt pass it her vengence here and tries to take me out. Im slightly worried a but for this tc.

This merge is a little different from my norm game, I usually have 2-4 alliance chats going but I don't have a single one so far this game. All my deals have been side deals so far, I do not know if that is a good or bad thing as of this moment in time. Corey did fill me in that there was an alliance being formed that included him, at least it's indicative of him wanting "The Bull and the Lion" to continue to work. I am also way to mentally drained to give a damn, I just needed to make a confessional to not strike. I worked for 14 hours today but I made 325 dollars and now only owe 4k on my student loans. Thassss a win in my book even if I get voted out, I'm just gonna drink some beer, hold Jenifer and go to bed. Good night Moon.

THANK GOD I WON IMMUNITY. You have no idea how good it feels to not have to stress out too much this round. Considering there are 14 of us, really anything could happen, but it's great to know that I will make it through at least one more round. The only key here is just making sure that I stay on the right side of the numbers. The line will most likely be drawn in the sand, so it's important that I stay on the right side of it. So far, I think the people that trust me the most are Ian, Corey, and Matt. I talk to them the most out of everyone, and I do trust them all to an extent, Corey and Ian the most. I would love to find a way to get all three of them on the same page, but I know that will be a heard feat. Next in line would probably be Maynor, Madison, and Kait. I talk to these three a good amount, but for some reason I am having a hard time putting my full faith into them. I talk to Owen a good amount too, but he is a MAJOR threat, and someone that I do not want to be in the game for too much longer if I'm going to have a chance to win. For this round, in an ideal world, Thomas would go home. But that seems too easy. I am hoping someone starts throwing names around, but if not, I guess it will have to be me.

WHY DOES MATT HATE ME SO MUCH?!?! I genuinely wanted to work with him after first impressions, I bet he was the one who voted Taurus now. My idol now has a name attached to it, so thanks for that Matt. In a way, I guess you did end up working with me in some fashion. Ideally this round goes down with a clear majority on Stephan and Corey can get his save a vote activated and I play the slow burn on good ole Matteo, I wanted to butt heads with Owen at merge, but Owen has been a delight while Matteo has been nothing but a thorn in my side.

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Phew child this merge! 14 people is so so so many and I did in fact vote out Adrian and Chloe, both people who I’ve worked with. I’m left in a really interesting spot because of the warzones it’s still hard to see who has a pattern of voting together. I feel that I’ve positioned myself to be in a lot of threesomes, and hopefully nobody really catches on to that? I know Kait is my number one currently and I have trust with Madison and Devon and Corey. But I’m also fully aware that everyone is a huge threat, and I have to downplay myself as one as well. Hopefully a stepehen vote will provide me with good positioning, as we’re removing someone I personally can’t reallt work with, and lessening the numbers. I also wanna really work with chips but I’m sure everyone was chomping at that bit! Who doesn’t want a bite of chips!

I wish I could put an image in this form bc the joke I’m about to make is so funny Anyways lol I told Kait about the idol I felt like I had to or else I’d break her trust if I ever used it. But THEN LOL SHE TOLD ME THAT matt also has one LMAO THAY HE NEVER TOLD ME ABOUT!!!! So that meme I linked above is literally me and matt with our idols Here’s my prob tho I like l.... I have to tell matt bc he knows I guess the coordinate. So I guess that’s a thing that’ll happen

Finally have an alliance chat with Kait and Owen...it’s been so many rounds in the making tbh, it just needed to actually be made. I feel safer having that as well as us going to make one with Matt and Maynor as well, making sure that Matt is okay with it...Maynor already seems to be on board. The only name that’s been going around is Stephen so that kind of sucks because I wanted to work with him, but he isn’t around enough to try and rock the boat for in this game unfortunately.

I found a hidden immunity idol which is awesome! Also, everyone has been silent this round after we decided on Stephen so that’s a bit suspicious

This is a really hard round because I really like everyone. If any good came from it, it's that I solidified myself into a strong alliance that should be able to keep me safe for at least a few rounds. Corey did not seem to bite on my idea to vote out Owen. Matt says he is most threatened by Ian and Timmy. And everyone just seems to want to vote Stephen. I think this round will be pretty easy, but from this point on it just gets harder. I assume that Chips is in a bad spot and most likely will go next. But at final 12, it's going to be a doozy to see who can stay on top of the vote.

So thisrounf there is an alliance of 6 however I have 0 faith in Thomas. He is a wild card and will be hard to judge and work with. No idea what’s going to happen tonight.

Aight a lot happening this merge!!! Fourteen people we losin our minds. First of all let me say half these ppl were kinda boring to talk to but I’m liking it a little better today. I came in wanting Stephen GONE because I lied to him during the taylor vote and we haven’t clicked since and I promised I would get out whoever lied to me in this food challenge and his bitch ass didn’t submit so I didn’t get my perfect ZERO!!!! So I was all ready to press him but suddenly Devon had already thrown out his name! Easy as pie. I rlly trust Kait and her and corey get along. I was branching out to some others too like madison is bae, Devon is fun, I like talking to Ian. My FAVORITE is Maynor I rlly like him but I’m scared matt has a hold on him. Anyways I helped set up some alliances today that I hope are solid. One is me Kait madison corey and then they wanted to add Devon and tommy which is cool. Still kinda pressed at Thomas because yesterday I said ily to him and he replied with lol but other than that it’s a good group. But then suddenly Timmy wanted something with Kait and I so I took that as an opportunity to solidify something with Maynor! Precious angel. Kait and I are worried because the tension between corey and matt lmao which is honestly kinda stupid. Matt was sus about corey after he spearheaded the renee vote which like I understand. And I stirrred the pot a little because I told corey that matt was after him lmao. But for now I’m rlly working hard to keep them from targeting each other and so is Kait. Idk how long that can last tho. Ummmm trace’s THOT HOE ASS told corey he wanted me out?!!! So he gotta GO! And Kait and matt think Ian is dangerous which I’m like ok maybe..., sure. Ummm Cullan is just mind boggling. He ate tater tots for breakfast who does that. But he’s sweet I guess. Id prefer him and Ian and trace gone soon but corey likes all those people oop. I rlly think Kait wants to stick with going to the end with me and matt which like.... I rlly will keep allegiance to Kait but matt? Idk. He kept his idol secret from me and it’s clear he doesn’t trust me as much which is fine, I wasbsure Stephen would target me tonight but apparently now he’s going for Thomas. Hopefully it’s an easy vote and Stephen goes and I get what I want and next round I’ll figure out what to do when it gets harder

Well. Tonight the vote is Stephen. Well, for the majority of us. For little young me, I will be voting for nobody! We acquiring a save vote. Hopefully, at our next tribal, Timmy leaves! Woo! I am in 2 alliances: Mighty Happy Meal (Owen, Kait, Madison, Devon, Thomas) and Queer Eye-ish (Madison, Matt, Trace). Period... I am loyal to my own people. Madison, Owen, Ian, Devon. Kait too, to an extent. The rest need to go at their time. I do what I can. Matt is a priority for me to get rid of. Unless Timmy wants Matt gone, I want him gone too for next time. x

Ep 11: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-fEEBtT8R4hk_587qknbxwLmB8yhN_lt/view?usp=drivesdk

This is my placeholder confession for until I am at a computer and able to type something out. I got back in the game!

alyssa said put ep 11: just a quick recap bc i have to play this silly flash game now before i pass out - corey and matt allegedly not liking each other is still a problem - owen found an idol - i told owen matt has an idol bc i have a big mouth - corey told owen all this shit about the vote and idk just other game sensitive stuff and not me and - there's an aliens of trace, matt, madison, and corey that trace allegedly made. this is a big question mark bc either it's just really random and people that trace wants to work with despite what they said or this beef??? between matt and corey is fake which i wouldn't be too surprised by - corey told all of this to owen before tribal but told him that he was going to wait until after tribal to tell me like.... i don't appreciate that. - i think that kind of solidifies that if/when corey v matt happens and i have to pick a side i wanna go with my matt. - im sure i will think of more tomorrow oh also i want ian to get deleted from skype thx

EP 11 Confessional: I got an idol this round which is cool. I heard the vote was stephen however it’s been kinda quiet. Not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing.

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gordonwilliamsweb · 3 years

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Colorado Bill Aims to Give Farmworkers Easier Access to Medical Care

SAN LUIS VALLEY, Colo. — A woman with pregnancy complications needed permission from her boss to visit a doctor. Community health volunteers were turned away from delivering food and covid information to worker housing. A farmworker had a serious allergic reaction but was afraid to seek treatment.

To Nicole Civita, policy director with Colorado advocacy group Project Protect Food Systems Workers, such stories encapsulate an entrenched power dynamic that covid-19 has brought into focus: Farmworkers are “essential but treated as expendable,” including when it comes to accessing health care.

Her organization is one of many that supported Colorado legislation dubbed the Farmworker Bill of Rights. Among its provisions is a requirement that the more than 3,000 Colorado farmworkers who live in employer-provided housing be able to visit, or be visited by, medical professionals and community health workers. Employers must also provide transportation to medical visits for those without vehicles. The bill passed the legislature Tuesday and is now off to the governor.

States including Florida, Maryland, Oregon and Wisconsin have guaranteed farmworkers the right to see health care providers where they live. The pandemic spurred North Carolina to reiterate that employers cannot bar health care providers from visiting farmworkers living on their property.

Augusto Basterrechea, who does outreach to farmworkers for the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment in the San Luis Valley, an agricultural hub, said that in his eight years in the role he had never heard of a farmworker being unable to get medical care, even during the pandemic.

But former farmworker Anita Rodriguez clearly remembers a call she received at 2 a.m. in September, when the harvest was in full swing in the region bordered by snow-capped mountains and known for its high-altitude crops of potatoes, lettuce and spinach. It was from a man working on a farm. “He was freaking out.”

His body was covered in large red hives and his face was swollen. He could barely open his eyes. He wanted medical attention, she said, but was worried about being caught sneaking out of his employer-provided housing, which is surrounded by tall chain-link fencing, much of it topped with razor wire. A foreman watched over the camp and allowed just three or four workers to leave each day, he told Rodriguez, who volunteers as a community outreach worker and recounted the story to lawmakers in March.

Amy Kunugi, general manager of Southern Colorado Farms, said that the razor wire is intended to deter break-ins during the off-season and that the farm has never policed employees’ comings and goings. However, covid protocols had banned visitors unless approved by managers and limited the number of employees who could leave for essential trips at a given time.

“I’m just kind of gobsmacked,” said Kunugi, who first learned of the story at the March legislative hearing on the bill. She said she hasn’t found any employees who are familiar with the story. “We always would transport people if they needed health care.”

Linda Rossi with Fresh Harvest, the company that recruits farmworkers for Kunugi’s farm, added: “There is no way this allegation has any merit, and if anyone so much as said they had the hiccups last year, we responded.”

Still, Rodriguez said, this man having a medical emergency on his day off felt scared enough about seeking urgent care that he hatched a plan with her: They waited until later that morning, when he was sure he could sneak out unnoticed. They met at the dollar store down the street, and Rodriguez drove him to an urgent care clinic in the next town over.

“He was afraid to get caught because he didn’t want to lose his visa,” she said. “That’s how he supports his family.”

After the man received treatment for his severe allergic reaction, she said, they drove back toward the worker housing. He slunk down in his seat and asked that Rodriguez drive by slowly, so that he could make sure the foreman’s car was not outside. Then, she said, he “jumped out of my car like a bat out of hell” and sprinted back inside.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates the nation has 3.2 million farmworkers, with more than 36,700 in Colorado. Nationally, according to the Department of Labor’s National Agricultural Workers Survey of 2015-16, about 15% of crop workers lived in employer-provided housing, and a little under half said they had health insurance. While about 40% of respondents said they had not used health care services in the U.S. in the previous couple of years, around 87% said they’d needed it.

About half of crop workers in that survey were undocumented, leaving them vulnerable to abuse and intimidation by their employers. Even those with agricultural work visas can find their movements restricted: The international migrant rights organization Centro de los Derechos del Migrante found that more than a third of 100 workers surveyed in 2019 reported that their employer determined when they could leave their housing or job site.

Jenifer Rodriguez, managing attorney with the nonprofit Colorado Legal Services (no relation to Anita Rodriguez), said that, in addition to barriers like lack of health insurance and the cost of treatment, farmworkers are vulnerable to employer retaliation. In her 14 years representing farmworkers in Colorado, she’s spoken to, among others, a sheepherder whose employer wouldn’t give him a ride to a doctor for what turned out to be a brain tumor, and health care providers prevented from entering farm property to visit workers even when they were off the clock. “There are a lot of employers that deny them access to do that,” she said.

Growers balked at the Farmworker Bill of Rights, primarily over its requirement to provide overtime pay. “The way it was introduced, it probably would have put the majority of the industry out of business. Literally,” said Marilyn Bay Drake, executive director of the Colorado Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association.

Drake said members also worry that the medical access provisions could interfere with growers’ ability to follow the federal Food Safety Modernization Act, which includes requirements meant to prevent visitors from introducing foodborne illness to farms.

At the state Senate hearing in March, some farmers testified they were “embarrassed” and “shaken” to hear stories of worker mistreatment. Potato farmer Harry Strohauer repeated a common refrain: “There may be a few bad apples in our group, but I don’t see it. None of us have seen it. We believe that we do a good job. We believe we take care of our people.”

Civita, with Project Protect, finds that argument problematic. “So often we get stuck, when we’re trying to dismantle structural racism in the law, on who’s a good employer and who’s a bad employer,” she said. “But even the ones who stack up as good compared to others are really used to maintaining pretty significant power gaps.”

Civita said those power gaps were institutionalized in the 1930s with two federal laws, the National Labor Relations Act and Fair Labor Standards Act, that promised workers a minimum wage, overtime pay and the right to organize. According to research from Loyola University Chicago, while the measures originally included all workers, a group of Southern congressmen pushed to exclude domestic workers and farmworkers — positions primarily held then by African Americans.

At the time, congressional records show, a Florida representative said, “You cannot put the Negro and the white man on the same basis and get away with it.”

Nearly a century later, farmworkers in 40 states, including Colorado, still have no right to organize and no more than a handful of states guarantee them overtime pay. Only half of states, including Colorado, require employers to provide workers’ compensation for job injuries. Farmworkers are also excluded from several federal safety standards — such as ladder safety and falling protections — even though they work in an industry the U.S. Labor Department considers among the most hazardous.

Rodriguez, the lawyer with Colorado Legal Services, points to an undocumented Colorado dairy worker who recently died when the tractor he was driving fell into a manure pit that reportedly had no guardrails. Rodriguez hopes the right to organize would help workers advocate for health and safety measures to prevent such tragedies. “People just aren’t willing to step up and do it because, you know, fear of losing their job.”

A farmworker who asked to remain anonymous because she’s undocumented and fears deportation if her identity is revealed told KHN she had been working for a potato producer in the San Luis Valley for 10 years when she became pregnant.

“That’s when everything changed,” she said in Spanish. “They were annoyed.”

Because she lived in employer-provided housing, she said, she had to ask for permission to go to every doctor’s appointment, even when she started having complications with the pregnancy. “It wasn’t fair, but we relied on our jobs because we were living in farm housing,” she said.

On a winter morning, she went into labor. As her husband drove her to the hospital, he called his supervisor, who told him he was expected at work by noon. “Obviously he couldn’t,” she said. “I was in labor for 12 hours.”

When her husband reported back the following workday, he was scolded for missing work. Within a week, they were both fired.

“We were left without work, and we were left without a home with a newborn baby,” she said.

She doubts the new bill would change conditions for workers like her.

“The companies are going to do everything possible to fight,” she said. “They don’t care if you have problems, if you’re sick or if a parent has died. They’re only interested in the work.”

KHN (Kaiser Health News) is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues. Together with Policy Analysis and Polling, KHN is one of the three major operating programs at KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation). KFF is an endowed nonprofit organization providing information on health issues to the nation.

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Colorado Bill Aims to Give Farmworkers Easier Access to Medical Care

“He was afraid to get caught because he didn’t want to lose his visa,” she said. “That’s how he supports his family.”

At the time, congressional records show, a Florida representative said, “You cannot put the Negro and the white man on the same basis and get away with it.”

“That’s when everything changed,” she said in Spanish. “They were annoyed.”

When her husband reported back the following workday, he was scolded for missing work. Within a week, they were both fired.

“We were left without work, and we were left without a home with a newborn baby,” she said.

She doubts the new bill would change conditions for workers like her.

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Aren’t “Top 10” lists and “The Year In Review” posts LAME?

They are!

So why does everybody do them?

Because we READ them hoping that out of a whole year they found a few good baubles we’ll wanna see.

And because it’s easy and the writers are basically taking a day off doing this.

I mean, think about it. I bring up some stats, link to the posts that got the most views, and say BEHOLD!

What’s that take, five minutes?

If I do a few of those and spread ’em out, I get December off.

BUT I AM NOT A SLACKER!

So here’s the lame stuff followed by hugely insightful stuff you need. Probably.

* * * Top 10 Things From 2017 * * *

10. A new pic of me!

Yep, I unceremoniously switched my author pic from this (left) to this (right):

Why?

Well, I was never crazy about the old one, as some of you will recall, and when my daughter took the new one and I slapped it up on Facebook or here or somewhere, as part of something else, Jenifer Ruff saw it and said it was a good shot of me – that it looked authorey and professional and stuff. Or something like that. And so I asked Allison and she said she’d told me the same thing a long time ago AND that my old pic didn’t look like me.

Well, gang, here’s the lesson:

When people who have your best interests at heart tell you to do something, you should do it. Better yet if they are bestselling authors and you’re an author, and even better if they give you this advice unsolicited.

9. Contests!

You guys were after me for a while to have writing contests – okay, I asked about it first, but then you were after me after that. I think. ANYWAY, we had a writing contest! And it was a BIG HIT! The historically worst month for views of my blog became the biggest month ever, and from there the blog soared to new heights, absolutely CRUSHING all prior years.

We are on course to do over 60,000 views in calendar 2017. That’s pretty cool!

(That tiny number you can’t read for 2014 says 210 views. 2013 is even smaller. So we’ve improved a little since then.)

And it’s because of YOU.

Yes, I have to try new things, and not all of them work out. I shrug it off and move on. As writers, we have to celebrate our successes and walk away from the smoldering wrecks that are our failures.

There are lessons to be learned in failure – sometimes more than in success. Learn the lesson, but don’t drown in the bad stuff.

8. Contests Again!

I was thrilled to hear that our very first Word Weaver Writing Contest winner drew enough support from winning the contest to publish her first book ever. I was over the moon when the second winner of the contest did the same thing!

Gang, that’s what we’re here for, to support each other and push each other to greater heights. OTHER contestants from our Word Weaver Writing Contests published their works, too, and that made this a special place to be.

People are coming here to find the writerly things they are looking for, and they are finding them. I’m gonna keep making that happen.

7. Scary Anthology

Hey, why have just one winner when you can have twenty? When I read all the contest entries, I was like, wow, we have a lot of talented writers here. How can we do something with that? So we drew from a failed idea from the past – a bunch of us writing a different chapter for a book – and changed it to be all of us putting a story or scene under a common umbrella and putting out an anthology.

The Box Under The Bed became #1 in its category while we were in Orlando at the Florida Writers Conference (not bad timing, that).

But here’s the funny chain of events.

The online critique group I used to be active in allowed me to meet cool writers.

A few came to the blog.

They suggested things like a writing contest.

I do a contest and get sponsors like Kelly Abell, a FWA member and fellow author I’d met at a few events.

The contests lead to me meeting Jenifer Ruff because the sponsor reblogged the contest and Jenifer knew Kelly and wanted a critique.

I, not knowing Jenifer already had a few books out (including a bestseller), gave her a critique the same way I’d give anyone else.

She enjoyed the input and we struck up a conversation – and then she joined the anthology.

The anthology, because it had several bestselling authors like Jenifer Ruff and Allison Maruska in it, plus great marketing ideas and enthusiasm from almost every co-author, does well – and helps a lot of previously unpublished writers become published authors.

6. So we will be doing another ANTHOLOGY in 2018

and helping other unpublished authors become published authors. YOU could be one of those. Many of the people who entered my writing contests were personally ASKED BY ME to be in the anthology.

5. Ten is a lot, isn’t it? I thought this list stuff would be easier.

And faster. I should have planned this better.

4. This isn’t really a year in review, is it? Let’s see if we can turn that around here on number four…

I published FOUR new books in 2017, a new record!

The Zombunny (November)

Stinky Toe (November)

An Angel On Her Shoulder (July)

Poggibonsi (April)

We also published the Box Under The Bed, but I didn’t really write that, I just contributed two stories, and I released a box set of cookbooks, which doesn’t really count, either. Oh, and a few titles were translated into foreign languages, but they aren’t actually “new.”

Honestly, I’m not sure four is even a record for me, either, but I’m too lazy to check.

Is there a lesson here? Not really, except that I finally cleared out most of my backlog and with just two more books written and not yet released, that’s pretty good! Clearing the backlog was a goal and I made a lot of progress on it.

Why was there a gap?

I tell people I stopped writing as much so I could learn to market better; times are changing, etc…

but the fact is I was kind of afraid of releasing Poggi.

I’d been told it was my best stuff, and in my head if it failed I was sure to become despondent. I was scared. I did other stuff. I edited a weaker book and distracted myself for a while.

Then I finally sucked up my courage and addressed my white whale – I published Poggibonsi. And it did okay. It didn’t fall on its face, which was a relief (I never thought that would happen, but I worried it wouldn’t be a home run). But the “weaker” book I fixed up and released kicked Poggi’s butt as far as connecting with fans and overall appeal, and it opened my eye to who I am and what I do.

Poggi was supposed to be – needed to be – a home run, in my mind…

but nobody can predict that kind of thing. That was too much to put on any one book. It was a solid base hit, though, and might turn into a double. (I believe marketing is holding that book back – my not knowing how to market it, and many of the marketing channels I used in the past almost not being effective at all anymore. More on that later.)

Angel was a triple, though, not necessarily in sales but also in future potential.

The whole time I was holding Poggi back, I was holding Angel and others back, too, but with the logjam cleared, I AM BACK.

I’m a writer, and a damned good one. That’s what I do.

I thought up, wrote, and released The Zombunny as a paperback – all in about a six week window. Because I’m good at what I do. There’s already a sequel written and a third is planned. Expect Zombunny 2: Night Of The Scary Creatures before January 31, 2018.

Set yourself a dang deadline, gang. Sometimes make it an impossible one. You just might surprise yourself.

3. Jenny, Allison and I were presenters at the FWA Conference. (#3 = Three of us. Get it?)

This isn’t a gratuitous pat on the back. Bear with me.

Jenny (J. A. Allen) hit it out of the PARK when she did her presentations! Why is that a big deal? Because freaking jamtart said YES when I asked her to be a co-host on Writers Off Task With Friends, a little viewed internet talk show we used to do about writing topics (allegedly), even though she’s a pretty big introvert, and she stepped up AGAIN when I asked her and Allison to apply to be presenters at FWA.

We got accepted!

THEN JENNY ANNOUNCES SHE HAS A DEATHLY FEAR OF SPEAKING IN PUBLIC

Like, in front of groups.

She doe not mention this just once, but many, many, MANY times throughout the year.

But she did it. She prepared, she rehearsed, and she OWNED THE ROOM. She did one of the best, most authoritative presentations I’ve ever seen.

J. A. Allen, owning the room

And she might have been scared to death the entire time, but it didn’t show at all.

I can’t tell you how impressed I am with Jenny. Almost every other writerly person I know would have said NO to that. She said yes.

Allison’s presentation on “How I Sold 20,000 Copies Of My Novel In 12 Months” did amazing. She could take that show on the road and fill theaters.

My presentations kicked ass. I had one slide and put on an hour-long show that had people laughing hysterically a few times. I’m not sure they learned anything, but they had a good time.

But Allison and I have had to speak in front of groups before.

For someone to face the thing they fear most, that’s one for the ages. I will NEVER forget it.

Jenny, you inspire me.

I’m so happy you are my friend.

And, well… I have another friend, too. Several. You guys. (See point 2, below.)

2. Cheers To YOU, the power behind the throne.

I don’t forget for one minute that without you there’s no me. Well, I mean, there is, but not as much. I’m still me even if you aren’t here… but because you are here, we are able to do great things.

Look at this list!

I didn’t come up with a lot of the best things this blog did in 2017, YOU did.

And I need to say thanks.

So,

THANKS!

Really, I’m just the quarterback of the team. I might get to be in the spotlight and accept an award, but it’s all of us together that make special things happen here.

I’ll try hard in 2018 to do even more amazing things. More contests, more anthologies, more good ideas from you – and we’ll watch together as we take this thing to new heights.

We’re on the cusp of something big. I can feel it. And I’m rarely wrong about these things.

me, feeling good about what’s coming for us in 2018

1. The Top Blog Posts of 2017 were helpful ones, so that’s what we’ll feature more of in 2018.

We’ll still have fun, of course. I mean, it’s me – come on.

But when we get it right, we get it WAY right. Check this out:

The #1 viewed blog post for 2017 was “Three Ways To Show A Text Conversation In A Book And One Right Way“

with over 19,000 views. It gets views every single day, which means it’s doing what we predicted: when we set up a standard here, we have the ability to cause it to become a standard in the industry. I’m overstating it, but writers everywhere read that post and learn how to show a text conversation properly. In time, what we said here might be what becomes the norm. Our little piece of writing history. Our fragment of immortality. You can say it’s a small thing, and it is, but it’s ours.

The next most viewed post is my About page, and after that is Contact Me. Not much to write about there, so we won’t count them. Therefore

The #2 most viewed post is “Three Ways StumbleUpon Can Get You Noticed“

– and honestly, it’s StumbleUpon causing the text post to be number 1, so it’s true.

The #3 most viewed post is…

the announcement of the winner of the 2nd Word Weaver Writing Contest, Heather Kindt‘s Ruby Slips And Poker Chips

Heather sent me a terrific story, and between the blog post announcing the winner and the story running the next day, we got almost 1000 views on the blog. That’s huge, gang. 200 views is typical for a day here, and most people’s blogs don’t get 1000 views in a month. We got that in less than 36 hours.

The winning storyRuby Slips and Poker Chips was part of a larger piece by the same name, and after I read it I knew Heather had a hit on her hands. I LOVED the story, and was immediately drawn in by the line about the rental house.

“The shack was a rental, and a poorly cared for one at that. Our neighbors didn’t stay there much longer than a bare foot on the pavement outside Price Chopper in July.”

My exact words to her – because I wrote them down – were as follows.

That’s a hilarious phrase. I might have to use it. And now we see the phrasing will be a nice accent to the story. Well done. This might be where I’d start this story, too.

Heather went on to release Ruby Slips and Poker Chips as a novel after writing it about five years ago. In the months since winning the contest, she and I have corresponded many times, and it has been a thrill for me to see her book get published.

If I had to sum up the year in a phrase…

…I’d be hard pressed to do it in words other than the sentiment I’ve expressed here many times before. I want to help make 100 people rich and famous in their writing, so they can help me, too.

That’s a silly way of saying we’re a team, and we are all helping each other get one rung higher on the ladder.

One more thing.

I helped another author get started, but she helped me get started first.

I wrote Facebook posts about my baby girl, and friends read them and encouraged me to write a book. Eventually, I did. After a few of those, I wanted to write novels, but I also wanted to write stories to read to my young daughter, and then when she got old enough, to write stories she could read to us. I didn’t envision her writing with me, and that’s been an absolute thrill. The Zombunny was her idea, and we’ve collaborated on a few of them now.

2017 will always be special for that, and who knows where that will lead?

Dream big, gang.

Here’s to an awesome 2018 with you and all the new friends we’ll meet there!

2017 The Year In Review Aren't "Top 10" lists and "The Year In Review" posts LAME? They are! So why does everybody do them?

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Jalal Haddad looks at 2017 Emmy supporting comedy races and the potential for Emmy voters to make a political statement with their ballots.

In recent years, Emmy® voters relied on the supporting comedy races to celebrate comedic actors overdue for recognition. Fred Armisen. Niecy Nash. Keegan-Michael Key. Last year’s winner Louie Anderson. Voters still find the word “comedy” important. Some of the biggest surprises in these races simply link to being a funny person all-around. Still, without any overwhelming buzz behind any new show, Emmy voters risk resorting to their worst tendencies and recycling past nominees.

Some of the major contenders in the supporting comedy races are difficult to sort between viable options and dream nominees. This year, they seem to all blend together. Well liked names like Jenifer Lewis (black-ish) and Carol Kane (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) have gone unrecognized for three seasons now, but as their comedic performances continue to be popular, their chances might increase. Voters also have the opportunity to elevate plenty of lesser known names including Sam Richardson of Veep, Yvonne Orj of Insecure, and Zazie Beetz or Bryan Tyree Henry of Atlanta.

Notable Casts

Veep Last year with six acting nominees, Veep was a clear favorite among the actors in the Television Academy. When it appeared that the show was heading into its final season, dominance in terms of total nominations seemed certain. After HBO announced the show will return for a seventh season and the current season proved to be lackluster in many ways, it isn’t as clear just how well voters will respond. Emmy favorites like Tony Hale and Anna Chlumsky will return, but a second nomination for Matt Walsh seems less likely especially since he faded into the background this season against costars like Timothy Simons and especially Sam Richardson who in a perfect world would be winning the Emmy this year.

Saturday Night Live After years of fading out of popular culture, Saturday Night Live finally regained its footing throughout the political season. First, Kate McKinnon’s Emmy-winning performance as Hillary Clinton (among dozens of other characters) led the charge, and second, Alec Baldwin’s season-long residency as Donald Trump sealed the deal. Both McKinnon and Baldwin enter the supporting races as front-runners in their respected categories, particularly because voting for them would be the easiest way for Hollywood to send a giant “fuck you” to the current administration, especially with a win for Baldwin. With such a high profile season, it’s possible (although unlikely) that another member of the cast surprises like Kenan Thompson or Leslie Jones or if there were any justice in the world Aidy Bryant.

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt The actors branch sends a lot of mixed signals regarding the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt cast lately. The show suffered a sophomore slump at last year’s Emmys only to turn around and receive SAG nominations for both Kemper and Burgess. The third season makes it abundantly clear that Titus Andromedon is the MVP of the show. He is likely the only sure bet of the supporting cast and, with the popular vote system, might be the dark horse to win.

The supporting actress race is a little more up in the air. Voters left out Jane Krakowski for Season 2 after initially bringing her into the race for the first season. Yet, with five nominations, she clearly lands on voters’ radars. However, her tired story line risks losing steam to costar Carol Kane who besides Tituss is the most consistently hilarious. As voters catch up with the series, there is a good chance they might recognize the two-time Emmy winner with her first nomination in 20 years.

(Photo: Netflix)

Transparent Emmy voters embraced the Pfefferman clan with open arms for the past two years, but as the dramedy takes even more dramatic turns, the question needs to be asked if there is a growing resistance against the show for competing in the comedy races. SAG voters chose not to include the cast in the comedy ensemble race this year, and the overall buzz around the show seems to be diminishing. Gabby Hoffman (who has already been nominated twice for her work as Ali) is likely on her way out at the Emmys. Judith Light, who has her strongest material to date, might be the only supporting comedy player to survive. If the entire supporting cast is left out come nominations morning, it might be due to the fact that seven worthy actresses are all competing in the supporting comedy race and could potentially split the vote.

Modern Family The 5-time Outstanding Comedy Series champion steadily dropped in total nominations over the past few years. Last year, Ty Burrell was the only member of the ensemble left in the race. Without any major competition, Burrell will continue receiving nominations since Emmy voters have a soft spot for goofy naïve characters (which explains why Betty White outlasted her Golden Girls costars at the Emmys). In a weaker year, someone like Julie Bowen might be able to sneak back in, but as voters move on from the once-beloved sitcom, it seems less and less unlikely.

Girls Small clues indicated that the acting branch still pays attention to Girls from repeat nominations for Adam Driver to last year’s shocking Peter Scolari win. The final season proved to be one of the show’s strongest, and voters might finally choose to honor some of the supporting cast like Andrew Rannells and Allison Williams who both gave their best performances in the history of the show. On top of that, Allison Williams might be entering the race with her highest profile to date fresh off of her performance in Get Out which is still the most acclaimed movie of 2017.

Atlanta Donald Glover dominated the Emmy conversation in multiple categories (series, actor, writing, directing), so it’s hard to tell if the admiration for Atlanta extends to the supporting cast in terms of potential nominations. Bryan Tyree Henry and Zazie Beetz deserve to have their names thrown into consideration, and their surprise nominations would be huge indicators that Atlanta might be gearing up for a surprise Outstanding Comedy Series win. In categories with much more well-known actors, it might take a few seasons for either of them to be recognized.

Standout Performances

Louie Anderson (Baskets) Louie Anderson’s surprise win last year is clear proof that the new popular vote system at the Emmys has the ability to celebrate and award smaller performances with passionate supporters. This year, Anderson’s role on Baskets grew even more to the point where he could have even considered going lead. The Emmy winner has a good chance of returning this year even if Baskets has struggled to be noticed by voters aside from his performance.

Jennifer Lewis (black-ish) There is no comedic performance more overdue for an Emmy nomination than Jenifer Lewis on black-ish. Now that the show is the new favorite sitcom of Emmy voters this might finally be her year. No other member of the cast delivers as consistently as Lewis, and all ABC has to do is make sure every voting member has a copy of the Halloween episode “The Purge” to ensure she gets nominated. On top of that Emmy voters love to embrace overdue character actors in the supporting race. With a new popular vote system, she could easily win if she just gets over the hurdle of receiving her first nomination.

(Photo: ABC)

Rita Moreno (One Day at a Time) The EGOT winner literally appears to audiences through the opening of a curtain to uproarious applause. The 85-year-old legend’s return to television excited fans and immediately spurred Emmy talk. One Day at a Time might be a hard sell to Emmy voters who are constantly sticking up their nose at traditional multi-cam sitcoms, but if voters get through the first cringe-worthy 10 minutes, many of them can easily be won over. In the end, a huge amount of peer respect for Moreno mixed with the fact that Netflix put a lot of effort into sending voters both physical and digital copies of the entire season makes her a serious contender.

Molly Shannon (Divorce) Molly Shannon’s name automatically associates with comedy. So much so that she could sneak into the supporting actress race solely because Emmy voters know how funny she can be. Her character on Divorce is easily the most broadly comedic, and she snuck in for an HBO dramedy before (her guest performance on Enlightened). Still, there probably isn’t enough excitement around Divorce to get voters interested.

T.J. Miller (Silicon Valley) Over the years, the acting branch has been the one major holdout in terms of major Emmy nominations for Silicon Valley. Before last year’s surprise nomination for Thomas Middleditch, the ensemble largely received no love from their peers both at the Emmys and at the SAG awards. T.J. Miller is the loudest of the supporting actors. Because of that, he remains the most likely to breakthrough if one ever does. With the recent announcement that this will be Miller’s final season, he might have an extra boost of publicity heading into voting to finally be nominated.

Supporting Actress

1. Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live

2. Judith Light, Transparent

3. Anna Chlumsky, Veep

4. Jenifer Lewis, Black-Ish

5. Carol Kane, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

6. Allison Williams, Girls ———————

7. Rita Moreno, One Day at a Time

8. Gabby Hoffman, Transparent

9. Jane Krakowski, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

10. Molly Shannon, Divorce

Other Names in The Race: Julie Bowen (Modern Family), Zazie Beetz (Atlanta), Andrea Martin (Great News), Yvonne Orji (Insecure), Leslie Jones (Saturday Night Live).

Supporting Actor

1. Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live

2. Titus Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

3. Tony Hale, Veep

4. Louie Anderson, Baskets

5. Ty Burrell, Modern Family

6. Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine ———————

7. Matt Walsh, Veep

8. Andrew Rannells, Girls

9. Timothy Simons, Veep

10. Bryan Tyree Henry, Atlanta

Other Names in The Race: TJ Miller (Silicon Valley), Sam Richardson (Veep), Walton Goggins (Vice Principals), Dan Levy (Schitt’s Creek)

2 June 2017 | 5:41 pm

Jalal Haddad

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