Writer. Dog enthusiast. Velociraptor masquerading as a human female.
This year's curriculum on the Writing Excuses felt custom tailored to the problems I've been experiencing in my writing lately. I've been procrastinating badly: Emma Newman talked about Fear and Writing and how procrastination is generally underpinned by fear. I spent a lot of the cruise thinking about my fears and the forms they take... Continue Reading →
I crouch as low as I can without sitting on the rain-slick ground, photographing cobblestones and parquet floors. I lie flat on my back in a flagstone courtyard trying to capture the majesty of a tower. I stretch my arms above my head and stand on tiptoes: how else can a capture the sheer scale... Continue Reading →
We start with fear. Fear of missing the flight. Fear of being stopped at customs and being sent back to the states (Why? I don't know, but my fear can always think of a reason. Maybe it's the bag of airport trailmix I forgot to throw out. Maybe my doppleganger has been muck raking in... Continue Reading →
I didn't really sleep last night. I dozed off at a couple of points - I know this because I had a dream that I was having a really good hair day - but true sleep eluded me. There were many contributing factors to my insomnolant state: the highly caffinated tea I drank late in... Continue Reading →
***WARNING: Contains evidence of how big a geek I really am*** It took me a long time to get into comics. Not because I thought comics were too geeky for me or too juvenile, but because I had no idea where to start. I was daunted by the amount of content out there. If I wanted... Continue Reading →
The words come in fits and starts. Some days I manage a paragraph, others a page or two, but it seems the days of writing 2000 words or more a day are gone, lost in the grind of work, music, personal drama. I know they aren't gone, those magical days where the words come and... Continue Reading →
Every year, in April, GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian, & Straight Education Network) sponsors The Day of Silence. "...Day of Silence is a student-led national event...bringing awareness to the silencing effects of anti-LGBTQ name-calling, bullying and harassment in schools. Students...take a vow of silence in an effort to encourage schools and classmates to address the problem of anti-LGBTQ... Continue Reading →
Yesterday, Facebook reminded me of a post I wrote two years ago about my struggle to accept the fact that I dropped out of college. Today, I'd like to share why I've decided not to go back. I've touched on this a little in a post called Going Back, but I've done a lot of... Continue Reading →
Sooooooo... It's been a while. How is everyone? Good? Good. Last time I wrote, I wasn't in the best frame of mind, and I realize now that maybe waiting three months to write a follow-up isn't the best way to go. I'm doing better now. The existential angst isn't as crushing as it was, I think... Continue Reading →
I have a button that I sometimes wear pinned to my lapel or to my name badge when I go to conventions. It's purple - my favorite color - with silver lettering, and it reads "Silence is the voice of complicity." That phrase has been going through my head since November, growing louder and louder.... Continue Reading →
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