I took a little break from dumping my garbage onto the internet. You're welcome. On Saturday, I took an incredibly confused and incoherent woman on a plane to a safer place to stay in Florida. At a certain time, this woman was my mother, but I'm not entirely sure she even remembers that in anything … Continue reading Back

A related/unrelated kind of post. But first, read THIS THREAD from Rob Hart. This has been rattling in my brain for a while, but I think he does a damn good job summarizing a lot of emotions that writers are sometimes not entirely at liberty to convey. Anyway, my point. Two weeks ago, I broke … Continue reading Raw

I always have the hardest time with "next". Maybe it's because I get stuck on one project and need to feel a glimmer of finality - a sort of "mission accomplished" moment - before I move on. Maybe it's because starting all over again is scary as hell. And it's not like I'm starting over … Continue reading Brain Gunk

I used to worry about promoting my work. I worried it would make me look desperate or pathetic to shuffle on the sidewalks of the internet whistling a happy little tune and expecting a few cents from anyone passing by. It's easy to feel that way too since there are always these weird rules of … Continue reading Celebrate That Shit

I'm in and out of trying to write an essay about my own identity, resolving issues with my mom's medical insanity, and just trying to keep my head above water. In short: it's been a crazy couple of weeks. I was thinking about the amount of joy the paperback novel has brought me. It's an … Continue reading Generic Entry Title