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Eva Holland

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Yukoner * freelance writer * book author * devoted servant to a retired sled dog

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tell me which upcoming memoirs (publishing this August-December) you're most excited about, please!

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The Canadian province of Alberta has quietly reversed a two-decade ban on hunting grizzly bears, in what conservations described as a “slap in the face” amid continuing debate over the future of the threatened species. www.theguardian.com/world/articl...

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Eva Holland's avatar Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social
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I was so confused when I kept getting food poisoning in communal university kitchens after growing up in an entirely vegetarian household!

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Well I probably would expect it to come right back, but that would be an unreasonable expectation and I'm sure I would disappoint myself! Ha.

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Eva Holland's avatar Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social
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Of course you must also factor in the potential chaos that can result when English is abruptly *not* playing...

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Eva Holland's avatar Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social
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Like I'm sure I've lost a step or two in the hundred meter dash but I seriously doubt I've nearly tripled my time in the years since I was sportsing hard. But I had to fight to manage eight reps of 50 pounds and last time I checked, I could bench 130. So. Humbling, for sure.

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Sorry sorry to talk about Gym Things but last night I had the humbling experience of attempting to bench press for the first time in, oh, 22 years maybe? Bodies are so weird. I'm not just half or one-third as fast as I was then, but in at least one respect, I am now only half or one-third as strong.

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Eva Holland's avatar Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social
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"Unlike many of the sailors we met in the Mediterranean and North Atlantic, orcas weren’t strangers to us. I’d struggled with how to speak to my sons about this hazard. I didn’t want my fear or the recent media coverage to sour the magic of being in the company of whales..." A very thoughtful story:

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Question for my connections (and their connections): Do I know any members of the National Association of Science Writers who have some familiarity with statistics? NASW has a *small* project that would benefit from some (not terribly complicated) statistical work. Any takers? Any ideas?

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Eva Holland's avatar Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social
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"I am upset, but my disquiet is laced with a recognition that families do not react to abuse the way they do in the movies... They do something more self-protective and sacrifice the person who has disturbed the quiet of the family." @michelledean.bsky.social:

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“Did anyone else hear that?” is, uh, the podcast edition I guess?

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Andrew Kurjata's avatar Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca
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A local news website simply titled "What's on fire?" Its sister site is "Why are there sirens?"

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Eva Holland's avatar Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social
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Personally I think I’ll let it keep improving awhile yet before I let it near my dairy products! Lots of safer playgrounds for it to grow up in, if it must indeed be grown.

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Con: I’m still 15 days from vacation… 🙃 Pro: I have an absolute heap of Cat Sebastian books cued up for when I go! 🥰

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Damn, my babybel era is over now I guess 🙃

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Little personal news: I've been promoted! I'm now Polygon's Entertainment Editor, overseeing the film/TV/books/etc. vertical. As always, I'm looking to work with more freelancers and get more voices on the site. If you specialize in current SF/F media, this is a great time to hit me up:

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p.s. I also have a few codes for 10% off this course—lmk if you want one!

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I’m starting a newsletter! It’s called Creatures of NYC, and it’s gonna be a monthly round-up of free events in NYC centered around our wildlife: dragonfly walks, oyster tours, horseshoe crab counts, bat strolls, moth vigils, & more! you can subscribe below :)
buttondown.email/simbler

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Eva Holland's avatar Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social
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In all seriousness, I learned things about baseball (and in particular, the weird world of pitchers and catchers) from these books that I hadn't picked up in 30+ years of casual/intermittent MLB viewing. The romance storylines are bittersweet and lovely, but the sportsing is Also Very Good.

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The Riley Fire burning around the main entrance of Alaska's Denali National Park and Preserve, which broke out over the weekend and was measured at 388 acres as of Tuesday, prompted the National Park Service to shut down visitor access there and evacuate about 150 employees.

Via @alaskabeacon.com

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Eva Holland's avatar Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social
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Oof, I hadn't even thought that far ahead. (They haven't yet confirmed whether / how much cyanide escaped containment into the watershed. Blergh.)

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"...it was noted at the briefing that boiling water would not neutralize the negative effects of cyanide in the water." 🙃

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natou ✫'s avatar natou ✫ @tichatnwa.bsky.social
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if you need a break from the smoke you can hit up the hospital's open air respite rooms

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Eva Holland's avatar Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social
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Just reserved at the library - thank you!

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Eva Holland's avatar Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social
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Okay, unexplained gunshots nearby mean I will not in fact be touching grass quite yet, but I *am* listening to Eddie Vedder's Into the Wild tracks and eating noodles, so

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Eva Holland's avatar Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social
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Time to touch some grass, Holland.

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Eva Holland's avatar Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social
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Ah, are you new to Hakai? It's great! Canadian but with a global (ocean/coast) focus.

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Eva Holland's avatar Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social
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Worlds colliding: my university roommate's little sister, Elena (who is all grown up now and making wonderful collage art!) featured in @hakaimagazine.com:

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Eva Holland's avatar Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social
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For sure, I’ll just need to single-handedly change every norm in my industry first 😅

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Fundamentally refusing to consider the 'what if we just didn't expand and grow uncontrollably' option pushes people into the wildest areas imaginable

archive.ph/Zy1vl

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Eva Holland's avatar Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social
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If you want to treat the freelancers in your professional orbit well, probably the best thing you can do (besides setting fair rates and rights) is simply not wasting their time.

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Eva Holland's avatar Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social
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One of my biggest freelance frustrations is that, since I am very rarely billing by the hour, every time I get ghosted on a meeting or an important email, every time I have to send multiple polite-yet-increasingly-firm follow-up nudges, every exchange I have to track, my fee gets stretched thinner.

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Django Wexler's avatar Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social
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Most common writing advice (kill your darlings, no adverbs, show don't tell, etc) is intended to push back on the failures of freshmen in Creative Writing 101, not be applicable in all situations.

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Eva Holland's avatar Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social
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Haha yeppp. Though you really have to find a way to enjoy the winter too, or else the payoff is too small for the cost!

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