Well, it's been a long time since my last post. I've made a lot of changes to the site, and I'm hoping to change relatableteacher.com into an online business. It would be nice to make some additional revenue, outside of teaching. I've been working at a public school for the first time. The students are great, and I really like/respect the faculty. My plan is to change my home page into four sections: writing, art, music, and education. This teaching blog will go under the section of 'writing,' and then all other sections will have their own unique flares. It's taking me hours of time to program, but if everything works out, I should be able to pursue my ambitions and goals. If you've been reading my blog from back in 2021, thank you. You're a real one. You're the MVP. I won't forget you. My early 20s were spent trying to figure out my style and form, and now that I've done that, it's time to transition into business. I've been taking business classes online and compiling the short stories that I've written in the past into polished, sellable works.
Stories that I wrote for my students, like "The Axe Man" or "The Poet in the Courtyard" are what I'm going to try to sell here, on this website. If you're interested in seeing what I've created so far, you can go to my home page and click on the 'short stories' link. I'm designing covers and creating summaries for each story. Right now, I'm in the process of editing a story I wrote during the pandemic called "The Lady of Crescent Moon." If you're curious, here's the first paragraph of the story:
An old, slouched woman walks along a long dirt road in Innsbruck, Austria. Her needles jingle in her coat pocket, though she can hardly feel or hear them. Her lips are cracked. One eye is open, and the other is an empty socket. Her gut wiggles above the strap of her pants. No one follows her- they hardly notice her at all. Her footprints are light: hardly there. She is older than the wind… much, much older.
I actually traveled through Austria a couple of Summer's ago. That's my big dream: to travel the world. The story is a love story, and I've designed the cover of it, so far. I've edited through about four pages, but I remember the story well. To be honest, I write all the time. It was the only way of sorting through my own mental health issues, along with art and music, and eventually, those aspirations started to become more appealing and interesting to other people, which is why I've transitioned into business. I don't want to go through all this work just to give things away for free, especially given how I'm just barely getting by to paying rent. On the bright side, I got paid to play guitar at a bakery, and people seem to really enjoy my music nowadays. I still feel that I'm having a great impact on the next generation, through teaching, even though it's a lot of work. My students are really cool and interesting, and I enjoy being in their company, even though days can be difficult, at times. There's no April Fool's Day joke here, which is maybe the biggest twist of them all... but, anyway, if you've been keeping up with my work, thank you! I appreciate you. And thank you for reading. There's so much more I can say, but I just wanted to give you a small update.
I'll try to post more, soon. In the meantime, here's some cool art work one of my student's made for extra credit for the book: "The Giver."
I store student artwork in picture frames with storage inside them, which you can purchase here. There's so much more I can say. Reach out if you can. Love, Colin
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