I heard on a podcast recently that no one reads short stories except other writers. Is this true? What do you think?
Sign of a writer in the house: pens everywhere. I leave my favourite black pen in every bag and every room. I get very irritated when I can’t find one.
One good thing that’s come out of my ranting about the “Wuthering Heights” trailer is that my husband is finally reading Wuthering Heights. And he just texted me this, which made me happy. The Emily Brontë influence is strong with me lol.
grief
“Have you eaten?”
My grandma is dying. In truth, she’s been dying for years now, my months punctuated with hospital scares and
Braved LA traffic to go to a bookish event last night for a signed book. Exhausted? Yes. Worth it? Also yes.
“The dog pooped on my library book” is not a sentence I ever thought I’d say in my life.
(insert evil cackle)
To think that there are actually people out there living my dream life of owning a bookstore and lowkey pushing customers to buy their favourite books.
Don’t mind me, just crying over a beta reader saying one of my stories reminded her of Lois Lowry’s “Gossamer,” which I also love. And now that I’m thinking of it, realising that I’ve been unconsciously inspired by it. 😭 Thank you, Julia Wellham.
Draft #I’ve-lost-count-but-the-one-where-everything-starts-blurring-together. Let’s go. 💪🏻
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I only have a Facebook page via my husband’s account (who refuses to give up Meta stuff, but fine,
Y’all, Mary Roblyn is as magical in person as she is online,
deconstruction
A voice shriveled in my throat
Linda Kay Klein’s Pure talks about the lack of unconditional love touted in white evangelicalism—how that has led to a culture of shame and fear, effects that are long-lasting, sometimes lifelong
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Me to my husband last week: I got my Amazon royalties from KU reads!
Husband: ooh yay! How much?
me:
I used to do this once a week to combat AI, but got lazy.
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Going on a trip, and my two most painful decisions are:
1. Which books should I bring, and
2. Which
Have some Kobi smoosh for your first day of August.
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