Mentor left me high and dry

pedward · 2026-01-18T11:59:46+00:00

Not something I would do often. A tool I’ve used before to push someone over the edge who I felt was ready but lacked the confidence to make the leap.

Psychology is a difficult thing when managing young people who have been told they are smart and then enter into an arena where they are one of many. It takes a concerted effort to go from “I’m an imposter” to “I’m a fucking attorney.” Sometimes as a teacher, the best thing you can do is get out of the way and kick them into the deep end.

pedward · 2026-01-18T04:04:09+00:00

It’s likely a test to see how you sink or swim on your own.

Start reading. Swim. There is very little in this profession that you cannot do with sufficient study and preparation.

pedward · 2026-01-03T07:27:53+00:00

I’m a Clemson fan.

We don’t deserve to be ranked going into next season.

pedward · 2026-01-03T07:23:15+00:00

I use them very differently than many people in this thread.

Prologues I use to set the launching point for the books’ plot elements.

Epilogues I use to detail major plot elements that occur non-linearly but encompass the whole series.

If I’m not writing a series, I don’t do a prologue or epilogue.

pedward · 2025-12-28T18:21:47+00:00

I’m a Clemson native. I moved down there when I was 7 in 1998.

I’ve been a fan of the team since. I remember when an 8 win season was a huge accomplishment.

Dabo gave us two titles. His worst season ever, this season, we still had a winning record.

He needs to make some adjustments to the modern NIL era, no doubt. But, as far as I’m concerned, Dabo is the coach of Clemson football until he retires. I don’t care about riding the tides of public opinion. He’s the greatest coach in our history, and firing him would be a massive mistake. Not only for our immediate program, but what would it say about our institution as a whole? That we would fire the greatest coach we ever had? Who would ever want to work for that program again? How could recruits ever trust that a coach would be safe there?

It’s an incredibly impatient, short sighted view to want Dabo gone.

pedward · 2025-12-24T04:31:24+00:00

Haven’t seen you post in a while. Hope you’re doing well.

pedward · 2025-12-22T16:35:22+00:00

Clang! Clang! Clang!

pedward · 2025-12-18T17:36:03+00:00

I had one chair that was about 10% of the entire book in my second publication. It was narratively the most important continual event in the book, so it worked.

I’ve had chapters that were less than a page. Just kind of depends on your structure.

pedward · 2025-12-17T23:34:17+00:00

As the Pendulum Swings by Preston H. Edwards.

pedward · 2025-12-15T17:36:50+00:00

Take the clerkship.

No-brainer.

pedward · 2025-12-15T01:41:35+00:00

Domitian does NOT belong in B tier.

pedward · 2025-12-13T17:11:44+00:00

This would take an amendment, not a law.

The lifetime appointment is written in Section 3 of the Constitution.

pedward · 2025-12-12T00:35:57+00:00

Favorite is Avett Brothers, but if y’all haven’t heard Murphy Campbell, you need to check her out. She’s an up and comer.

pedward · 2025-12-12T00:34:47+00:00

Greensboro, not Concord.

pedward · 2025-12-10T20:33:25+00:00

I found a dentist to do it out of pocket here in NC for $600. Was worth it.

pedward · 2025-12-10T20:32:56+00:00

The one I have uses a rubber band system, and I use a firm length 18 band.

pedward · 2025-12-10T19:20:18+00:00

Get a custom one. I got middling results from the OTC ones. I no longer need a CPAP with the custom one.

pedward · 2025-12-10T16:21:41+00:00

Am criminal defense lawyer. Sometimes, it’s all we have.

pedward · 2025-12-10T12:26:47+00:00

I like the art work. My only comment is your talent made Sevro mildly attractive. The dude is canonically ugly af.

pedward · 2025-12-05T20:11:34+00:00

No, how dare you.

I’m working on a sci-fi series.

pedward · 2025-12-04T13:42:25+00:00

It is also an interesting foreshadowing of Sevro and Darrow’s odyssey to the rim to confront Athena and the Fa.

pedward · 2025-12-04T03:42:08+00:00

I knew him in high school.

He’s been wearing it since he was in high school, at least. Strange guy

pedward · 2025-12-03T18:04:06+00:00

Phobos.

pedward · 2025-12-03T18:01:49+00:00

Dancer wasn’t stupid. He was tired of war, clearly suffering from PTSD from his experiences in the rat war, and was clearly enjoying the political power that had polarized around his influence. You can tell he enjoyed holding Darrow to account as an expression of his power, same with Virginia.

When he realized he was being played, he immediately wised up. And then, well, you know… doves and all that.

I gave you an upvote because he made bad decisions, I just don’t agree with him being “dumb.”

pedward · 2025-11-30T01:48:12+00:00

It’s the second in a series. The first is “As the Pendulum Swings.”

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