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Eid Mubarak!

Helloooo. How’s everyone doing?
Been wildly busy for the past, well, 2.5 years. Updates:
- Earned an MPP in Germany, focusing on energy policy
- Earned C1 German
- Trying to find work (yay)
- Writing again, kind of (actual yay). I finally have a clearer plot + sense of setting, which was a major stumbling block
- Purchased Atticus and have been editing my books in hopes of rereleasing as several shorter ones

Not on here much but yeah, things are going well, thank God.
Happy early spring! 🌷

S. Z. Attwell ☕️💻Sep 26, 2025

No fiction-writing updates, but I did write something!
Title: “Policy Intervention in the EV Battery Supply Chain.”
Officially have an MPP now, thank God. Hoping to be back once I get some things worked out re: my books.

S. Z. Attwell ☕️💻Apr 15, 2025

Since there’s so many #books out there with the same formula (pun intended)…I made something, lol.

S. Z. Attwell ☕️💻Mar 30, 2025

I’m thinking of restarting my blog, even though I’m not exactly publishing anything at the moment. I’m going through the #writing process again for the first time in five years (!) and I think I have some valuable things to share.

S. Z. Attwell ☕️💻Mar 10, 2025

Matt Baer Feb 27, 2025

Our #WritingExchange community has been running for almost eight years! But as our little writing space has grown, so have our hosting costs.

Many members of the community have contributed to help keep this space sustainable -- if you have, thank you so much!

But after catching up on our accounting today, we're essentially back at $0 in our Writing Exchange fund, with only 45% of our annual hosting costs covered by current donors.

https://opencollective.com/writingexchange

Writing Exchange - Open Collective

A small Mastodon instance for writers, since 2017.

S. Z. Attwell ☕️💻Mar 10, 2025

I just want to say, readers, thank you so much for your patience. ❤️ I’ve had years of writer’s block. But I’ve had a breakthrough, thank God, like a major one, and I have some gems here that I’m slowly and carefully extracting. It’s not about perfectionism, it’s about doing justice to the story and the subject. I will eventually give you the books you’ve been waiting for, God willing.
#writing #WritersBlock

S. Z. Attwell ☕️💻Feb 1, 2025

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Your Cool Uncle Itzy Feb 1, 2025

You need to have proof of citizenship on you at all times, this may not help but it can't hurt.

If you are able to, notify someone that you are being detained. Have them call up a civil rights lawyer. If possible, figure out who you would want in advance. Your 4th, 5th, and 14th amendment rights are being violated.

Do not talk to ICE without a lawyer present.

If possible, have backups of your proof of citizenship. I have scans of my documents. Do not carry all your paperwork at once, they may try to destroy it. I only carry a drivers license, and leave my passport at home.

S. Z. Attwell ☕️💻Feb 1, 2025

Thesis? ❌
Novel? ✅

Irresponsible Saturday, apparently. I need a break anyway. #AmWriting

S. Z. Attwell ☕️💻Jan 26, 2025

☕️Personal account! (again, haha)

I’ve added a personal account on a Germany-based instance! I had shared the mastodon dot social one previously but this one works better for me re: improving my German, plus someone said they can’t follow me on mastodon dot social (I seem to recall there being some issue with that depending on the instance)…so….

Come join me!

https://social.tchncs.de/@sabrinaingermany

Still on mastodon.social but I check this linked one ^ more often.

Sabrina (@[email protected])

73 Posts, 31 Following, 39 Followers · In Deutschland seit 2023. English, B1-2 Deutsch (corrections welcome but pls be nice - I’m doing my best!). Policy, energy transition, climate change, photography, academic nerdiness, and coffee. ☕️ Trying to learn Python and data analytics.

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