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Something I’m Good At, Something I’m Bad At
We have somehow defeated February — the shortest, but somehow also usually the worst, month. Slowly but surely, the days are getting longer again, and soon we’ll change the clocks and then hopefully I can resume being a functional human, after a long, extra-snowy winter. Where I’m At I’m at the beginning of a new…
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Learning Things is Fun, Actually
January is finally over, after what felt like about five years. It was a long slog of a month with horrific news throughout, brightened only by incredible communities taking action to protect themselves and their neighbors. (If you are able to, please stand with Minnesota; if you’re in the US, you can also look for…
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Looking back, and gentle goals
New year, new me? Absolutely not. New year, new format for newsletters with the hope of maybe sending them out more often? Sure! (With a lot of thanks to my BFF Jess who encouraged me, whose format I am more or less stealing, and whose newsletter you should read.) Where I’m At Well, it’s January.…
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Teenage Passion Projects
I can’t stop thinking about Audra Winter. My BFF Jess was the first person who told me about her and since then I’ve watched… a few reactions. To say the least. For those who aren’t in online book spaces that have become obsessed with this, the short version is: Audra Winter is a 22-year-old indie…
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ONYX BOOX Go 6 Review
I wanted an e-reader that wasn’t a Kindle and would let me access my Nook books and library apps. I ended up with the Onyx Boox Go 6.
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Lessons Learned from Reading Bad Books
I have read some bad books over the last few years, and I’m pretty glad I did, because I definitely got a lot out of them. Not things the writers intended, but enough to make them valuable experiences.
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On writing as play, 2024 wins, and 2025 goals
It’s that time! The one time a year I reliably send a newsletter or write a blog post, to update with what all I did last year. Here’s an archive of word counts from the last, gosh, decade. I’ve focused less on word count stats in recent years, though — I know I consistently draft…
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Anxiety and Coping
It has been a long time. I started writing a newsletter many months ago and then couldn’t get it exactly perfect, let that be the enemy of the good, threw a temper tantrum about it, and never logged in here again. I am a mature grown up. Anyway, now I’m emailing you about coping. You…
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2023 Word Count, and 2024 Goals
Quick check in: with the demise of Tinyletter, I’ve moved my newsletter over to Buttondown. If you subscribed previously you don’t have to subscribe again, and I’m going to continue cross-posting here, too, since I think this version looks nicer than the Buttondown archives. (And if you haven’t subscribed yet: please do!) It’s February, which…
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23 Nice Things From 2023
Hi, friends! First, a bit of housekeeping. To my great sadness, Tinyletter (the service I use to send this) is shutting down. I like Tinyletter a lot because it really is just a text editor where I can toss my thoughts out and send them to you all, and every other newsletter service I’ve looked…