Now that I have The Intentional Hulk, I don’t feel guilty about putting random updates here. Not that it stopped me before, but I still felt like I was doing something wrong because I wasn’t putting something on the internet that had a purpose. I’m feeling pretty good, right now. …
I’ve been writing my newsletter for five weeks now. Between writing the last five newsletters, I worked on a writer’s fellowship proposal and a short story. I finished the proposal about three weeks ago, and the short story I finished last week. I don’t know if it was coincidence or …
Get yourself a cup of tea because I’ve got stuff to say. It’s 2022, and for the first time since, I don’t know, 2016, I’m feeling optimistic about the coming year. I’ve been overdue for some mindset shifts, and I think they’re finally reaching me. I wish I could attribute …
It’s time to celebrate because the demolition of the building next door is done! All that remains is a roped-off field of dirt, and my neighborhood is back to it’s eerily silent self. I can’t believe how much better I feel already. When it was noisy, it felt like the …
This morning, I did my daily tarot reading, and it told me that the truth will help me get unstuck from my current malaise. I don’t have an in-depth commentary about any one topic, just a few updates. First: I’ve been querying agents and feeling really down about it. It’s …
For the past couple of months, I’ve been practicing Tarot (Consulting? Using? What’s the right verb for this?). I never did anything with Tarot before, so I got a few books, and I’ve been watching a youtube channel called Practical Mystic Carol. There are thousands of resources online, but I …
I’m not going on Facebook, anymore. It’s not for good. It’s just for now. This isn’t an activist stand or anything, so I’m not about to go on about how evil it is or how Zuckerberg has a Napoleon complex (but it really seems like he does, though, right?). About …
I keep slipping through the vaccination cracks. First, the Japanese government decided to delay vaccinations, for god knows whatever reason. Then, even after starting vaccinations, their pace was 10,000 per day, meaning that the population would be vaccinated around the time the next pandemic rolled around. After enough international and …
I’ve been getting into Donna Tartt, lately. About a year ago, I read The Secret History and immediately knew it was something that I’d want to revisit. When I reread a book, I prefer to listen to the audiobook. Since I’ve already read it, it doesn’t matter if I miss a …
In The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown, she wrote, “When we cultivate [our] gifts and share them with the world, we create a sense of meaning and purpose in our lives. Squandering our gifts brings distress to our lives.” I always thought it was just me. I’d been taught …
