Benjamin X. Wretlind
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Benjamin X. Wretlind
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Writer 1st. bxwretlind.com He/Him. Researching how emotional intelligence shapes storytelling. Founder of Emote This (emotethis.net). Helping writers understand the emotional patterns behind strong fiction. Bob Ross fanboy.
Well... thank you! Lots more to come about this, resilience, and more.
January 11, 2026 at 6:03 PM
The latter. The tech was inevitable.
January 11, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Oh, great reading!
January 11, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Great question. Read a lot on the Central Arizona Project and related engineering feats. Exciting, to be sure.
January 11, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Hey, you got a new one
January 11, 2026 at 4:05 PM
So many fears... so so many. Worst: doxxing.
January 10, 2026 at 8:14 PM
I tried TikTok with a few videos, but it's not for me. Not to be dramatic or anything, but I believe short form video will be the trigger that causes the collapse of humanity and leads to oblivion.
January 10, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Wonderful!
January 10, 2026 at 3:37 PM
I want to be snarky and say a must-have for a query letter is pixie dust, but I won't be that guy.
I think it must conform to the specific agent's requirements, however...and they do vary.
January 10, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Make the chili. Channel the cold from somewhere else. It's -9 in Naknek, AK.
January 10, 2026 at 1:45 AM
I love to see this (not that you've been rejected 150+ times), but that your resilience is showing through. That's the example we all need.
January 10, 2026 at 1:40 AM
The Clance Impostor Phenomenon Scale (CIPS; Clance, 1985) was developed to measure the concept that individuals are successful by external standards but have an illusion of personal incompetence.

Read more: paulineroseclance.com/impostor_phe...
Dr. Pauline Rose Clance - IMPOSTOR PHENOMENON
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January 10, 2026 at 1:24 AM