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Robert Acosta

Robert Acosta is a former 5th grade teacher who wants to tell stories about Mexican kids who save the world. His freelance work appeared on George Takei’s family of websites, but now he’s a stay-at-home dad to twin sons and a toddler, all under the age of five, which means he survives on stories, caffeine, and showcasing his mediocre Pokemon battle skills.

Clocking In

A Blastoise ex card from the new Pokemon TCG Pocket app.

Then the world fell apart. Right after we welcomed two little boys into it.

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A New Path Forward VII

A series of notebooks, some bound together, lined up on a shelf.

Here's the trick, and it's the trick you reteach yourself over and over, again and again: just showing up is most of the fight.

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A New Path Forward VI

A series of notebooks, some bound together, lined up on a shelf.

You don't want a schedule to be The Job.

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A New Path Forward V

A series of notebooks, some bound together, lined up on a shelf.

And this leads to something you've been scared of putting together for so long.

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A New Path Forward IV

A series of notebooks, some bound together, lined up on a shelf.

What's the solution? Find more time? Make more time?

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A New Path Forward III

A series of notebooks, some bound together, lined up on a shelf.

How long does that work actually take?

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A New Path Forward II

A series of notebooks, some bound together, lined up on a shelf.

But, are you finishing books?

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A New Path Forward I

A series of notebooks, some bound together, lined up on a shelf.

I wonder how much I could write if stuck to one project and followed through…

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Post-Disney Return to Earth

Not for always. Just for now.

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