It's January 2020. Outside, the California sun is moving through a pale blue sky; it illuminates the houses and palm trees and pavement and the stretch of sidewalk where once I dreamt I saw a ghost. That's perhaps the best description for 2019 that I can come up with: the dream of a ghost. In … Continue reading 2019 A Year in Review
People’s Intuition
It is nearly 2020, so I'll be writing up my annual 2019 in Review soon, but before I do, I wanted to share some thoughts about "intuition". I've been reading this book my dear friend Alex sent to me. It's called "The Impossible Will Take a Little While", and it is one of those books … Continue reading People’s Intuition
In Defense of Optimism
I entered into a conversation recently that began around Kafka and ended somewhere to the left of me defending the concept of hope in the face of what was purportedly a deterministic universe. I don't know that I believe the universe has been determined, and even if it were, I don't necessarily think that excludes … Continue reading In Defense of Optimism
Why I Started Writing
Maybe I've already written about this. It's been five years since I started this blog. That's incredible when you think about it. This little sucker would be about to start kindergarten if it were a human. As it is, my guess is that it is slowly gaining sentience and someday soon will start its own … Continue reading Why I Started Writing
October 2019: Things are Getting Spoooooky
Okay, not really, but I felt the need to write that. I'm still here, in my little hobbit-hole existence. Still type, type, typing away. Briefly, here are some life updates: On the publication front I'm continuing to produce, especially given my newfound and well-loved freedom. I am writing full-time at the moment, which means my … Continue reading October 2019: Things are Getting Spoooooky
Whoops It’s August
Heyo. I'm still here. Man, 2019. It's a time. I know people were hating on 2017, but for me 2019 has been a real doozy. Thankfully, I think I've turned a corner. Me in a nutshell right now: just quit my job, hoping to spend at least a month focusing on writing (finishing a draft … Continue reading Whoops It’s August
More Updating
Hello All! Just wanted to write a quick post to share some of the cool things that have been happening. This past Sunday, I participated in a one-day workshop hosted by ZYZZYVA. It was exhausting (think six hours straight of literary criticism both given and received), but definitely rewarding. And I was honored just to … Continue reading More Updating
Miss Marple and the Trump Regime
This was going to be a piece of fan-fiction, inspired by my mother, detailing the impeachment of the Flaming Cheeto due to the expert sleuthing of England's favorite old maid. But in thinking of writing that piece, I realized I wanted to write this piece instead. Sorry, Ma! I've read some Agatha Christie in my … Continue reading Miss Marple and the Trump Regime
Life Update 2019
Hello All, It's been a while, hasn't it? So, to start out with, the beginning of this year hasn't been easy. As you may be aware, I struggle with chronic depression, vacillating between fairly functional to suicidal to everywhere along the line. So it goes. I returned to the Midwest recently, to the cornfields and … Continue reading Life Update 2019
A User’s Guide to the Singular “They” Pronoun
As written by one singular genderqueer person among many. Hi there! Has someone in your life recently come out to you as genderqueer? Did a new friend introduce themself with "they/them" pronouns? Wondering in general what the heck is going on because in your day girls wore pink and boys wore blue and everything seems … Continue reading A User’s Guide to the Singular “They” Pronoun
