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Christopher J. Burke @mrburkemath.net · 2d

Anyone know of a short video about iconography in graphic novels (or comic books) that I can show in class?

Google isn’t being helpful

Thanks.

Christopher J. Burke @mrburkemath.net · 4d

Sunday afternoon!
That means it's time to Annoy the Neighb--
I mean. Meet theAuthir!
Come on by!
NEW BOOK ALERT!

Christopher J. Burke @mrburkemath.net · 4d

What goes on inside my mind, Part e^pi:

Walk into the bakery and ask for 1 panini

Start thinking: 1 panini, 1 panini, 1 panini, 1 panini, …

Walk out humming Happy Trails to You…

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Christopher J. Burke @mrburkemath.net · 5d

Halloween’s coming. Get your Vampiric Cravings on!
Recommended by the Paranormal Romance Guild
Available on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited

Burke’s Lore Briefs: Portrait of a Lady Vampire
#books #booksky
#writingcommunity #weeknightwriters

An ad for Burke’s Lore Briefs: Portrait of a Lady Vampire & other Vampiric Cravings, showing the author, the cover and a quote from a review from the Paranormal Romance Guild.

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Christopher J. Burke @mrburkemath.net · 5d

Literally just there a week ago, finishing off Church Ave.

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Christopher J. Burke @mrburkemath.net · 5d

Flatlands is pretty flat.
The terminal moraine passes through Flatbush so it’s a little hilly. I guess the bushes were flat though

Christopher J. Burke @mrburkemath.net · 5d

Once I went east and started walking back west it started filling up

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Bill R aka N1VUX @bill-n1vux.bsky.social · 6d

Wow, significant %

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Christopher J. Burke @mrburkemath.net · 6d

Walking every street in Brooklyn update
As seen on @cbsnews.com and @news12.bsky.social

A map of every street in Brooklyn that I’ve walked since 2019. About 2/3 finished

A map of every street in Brooklyn that I’ve walked in the past three months excluding those around my house and my job

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Christopher J. Burke @mrburkemath.net · 14d

Okay, I'll be back.
I can log out of Google Meet, but I need to get something to eat and take out the trash. (I hope it isn't still raining.)

#WeeknightWriters

Christopher J. Burke @mrburkemath.net · 14d

A1 Doing okay, but trying to keep one step ahead at my school is not an easy thing to do, especially with the courses they gave me to teach this term.
#WeeknightWriters

Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 14d

Q1: How are you holding up this week? Vent as much as you need to, this is a safe space (as safe as any public social media space can be) #WeeknightWriters

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Christopher J. Burke @mrburkemath.net · 14d

Hello, #WeeknightWriters
Chris from NYC and No WIP at the moment as my last book launched last week and I'm looking over story notes. Contemplating what to do next

And I'm technically in remote Parent Teacher Conferences right now...

Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 14d

Hello #WeeknightWriters! Come on in, introduce yourself and your WIP, and let us know how your writing week is going! Or not going, that's valid too

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Christopher J. Burke @mrburkemath.net · 14d

I saw AO3 Maintenance trending and it reminded me that I got an email saying I got Kudos for a story I posted a few years ago.

Random stuff like that gives me a boost for the day!

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Christopher J. Burke @mrburkemath.net · 14d

Finished reading Cold Sassy Tree a while ago. There's a post on my blog about it, if anyone cares what I'm reading.
Writers read you know
mrburkereads.blogspot.com/2025/09/cold...

Cold Sassy Tree (Burns)

Cold Sassy Tree Olive Ann Burns (1984) (Not a review, just some notes to help me remember the things I've read. But writt...

mrburkereads.blogspot.com

Christopher J. Burke @mrburkemath.net · 16d

Not exactly a pet, more like a rescue animal who left us the same day. We named him Edgar

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Christopher J. Burke @mrburkemath.net · 17d

If I had a large cast and they weren’t all traveling together I’d work out something to remind where they were and what their timeline was

As it is, when rewriting a scene in a story with two characters, I had to block it out like a stage play so they weren’t sitting 2x or zipping across the room

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Christopher J. Burke @mrburkemath.net · 20d

If anyone in Brooklyn or Lower Manhattan (up to, say, midtown) has graphic novels they are looking to get rid of, my class could use them

Thank you

(Below is my current class library, mostly donations)

A dozen graphic novels that make up my classroom collection: 1 manga, 2 Maus (I and II), 3 Sandman (random numbers) and some teen stuff

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Christopher J. Burke @mrburkemath.net · 21d

A Bucket Full of Moonlight from @especbooks.bsky.social, available on Amazon
#WeeknightWriters

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Christopher J. Burke @mrburkemath.net · 21d

A3 I don't know if I'll be around at the end of the chat, so let me say now that my newest ebook (from Monday) is free on Amazon for a couple more hours
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

#WeeknightWriters

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Christopher J. Burke @mrburkemath.net · 21d

A3 I'd say "walk through the Feast of San Gennaro" in Little Italy ... but I did that yesterday. (It ends this weekend, I believe)
I'll figure something else. Probably should have writing
Or less schoolwork.
#WeeknightWriters

Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 21d

Q3: What can you do to make next week a little easier for yourself? #WeeknightWriters

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Christopher J. Burke @mrburkemath.net · 21d

A2 www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...

#WeeknightWriters
That's me down there in the picture!

Local teacher walking every block in Brooklyn finds forgotten history along the way

Christopher Burke estimates he's covered almost the entire western half of the borough, and is more than halfway through.

www.cbsnews.com

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Christopher J. Burke @mrburkemath.net · 21d

A2 I was featured on CBS 2 NY News Friday evening (and Sat morning), not for my writing, but for my walking. They teased me (coming up) throughout the broadcast!
#WeeknightWriters

Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 21d

Q2: What is one thing that’s brought you joy this week? #WeeknightWriters

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Christopher J. Burke @mrburkemath.net · 21d

Thank you !

#WeeknightWriters

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Christopher J. Burke @mrburkemath.net · 21d

Thank you!

#WeeknightWriters

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Christopher J. Burke @mrburkemath.net · 21d

A1 Okay except I’ve been given two courses to teach without curricula, one of which I’ll likely be observed in, and the other they’ll want to observe but can’t because it’s out of my license area

#WeeknightWriters

Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 21d

Q1: How are you holding up this week? Vent as much as you need to, this is a safe space (as safe as any public social media space can be) #WeeknightWriters

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