Like Mother Teresa, only better.
My eyes have decided to stop working in low-light so I bought this necklace thing that has little flashlights at the end so I could use it for reading and doing art and last night I thought that it would probably also make a really good hands-free dog-walking light because I always walk in the Continue reading "Fire nipples"
So there’s this strange thing that happens to me where when I’m in a depression it literally affects my sight. The deeper I get into a depression the more I get literal tunnel vision, with all of the edges seeming hazy and dark…it’s as if I am looking up through the bottom of a well Continue reading "Oh, there I am."
So if you are a very close follower of mine you probably noticed that I disappeared here for over a week, which I don’t think I’ve ever done before. I’d like to say it’s because I was off on an exciting vacation but truthfully I’ve just been dealing with a depression that has been a Continue reading "Sometimes I disappear even to myself"
So this morning I had to get up early for a doctors appointment but instead of my alarm I woke up to an incredibly loud IMMINENT THREAT flood warning and so it gave me an excuse to just go back to bed because I couldn’t drive, but then I woke up again to another screaming Continue reading "Not how I expected my morning to go"
I’m writing this now bc I don’t ever want to go a week without blogging even if -like now- I’m fighting off a depression that makes me feel more than slightly worthless. You can usually tell when I’m in a depression because I disappear…from the internet…from friends and family…from myself. I kept waiting this week Continue reading "a little broken"
My brain has stopped working this week so please enjoy this assortment of things that brought me joy and laughter: 2. I am a prolific reader and a bookstore owner and I just found out I have been mispronouncing Jodi Picoult’s name my whole life. I texted Vicki from Nowhere and turns out we’re all Continue reading "Get in the bitch dumpster."
Argh. There are a ton of scams going around in the literary world right now (and I know because I get at least 10 a week myself) but one of the latest scams is coming from someone pretending to be me. INFURIATING. Basically, fellow writers are getting an email from me saying that I want Continue reading "If you got an email from me asking you for money, no you didn’t."
First off all, apologies if you are signed up for my art substack where I send you a letter each week, because once again I sent off a letter that I thought started with “Hello, friend” but instead wrote, “HELL, FRIEND.” In my defense I have been very sick with a summer cold and also Continue reading "HELL, FRIEND"
I fell asleep reading a book and woke up to the sound of orange chaos: In Purrsy Bysshe Shelley’s defense, I think we’ve all wanted to crawl into a book after devouring it. And speaking of books, if you’re a member of the Fantastic Strangelings Book Club you’ll be getting The Children by Melissa Albert Continue reading "In his defense, it was a pretty good book."
So! Lots to share because I am forever behind but first, tonight I’m doing a free zoom book tour stop through Nowhere where I’ll be reading HOW TO BE OKAY WHEN NOTHING IS OKAY and we ran out spots a few days ago but we’ve expanded that now so if you couldn’t rsvp before just Continue reading "Let’s hang out tonight together in bed. Your bed. But I’ll just be there electronically. This sounds…