Writing’s been good for and to me. It’s helped me with personal issues, made me feel seen in many ways, and has granted me the privilege of making friends I really care about and that I hope care about me. It’s also opened my eyes to some deeply fucked up racism that had always felt … Continue reading No Golden Path
Author: angellcolon
On Brand
Disclaimer: There are a LOT of you out there that I consider to be good or even great people (and writers). I know opinions vary and I also know writing as a business sucks. I try to be as honest as I can with people and I try to avoid subtweeting or being vague in … Continue reading On Brand
Back
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
Raw
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
Brain Gunk
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
