It’s been a week since my first novella has been available in the public for people to buy and read. Considering my marketing is largely me shouting on social media and interacting with other broke indie authors, it’s honestly gone a little bit better than I even though it might! I wanted to be asContinue reading “Week 1: Well, We did it!”
Category Archives: About Writing
Baby’s First Shipwreck
Or: Where Mace Briefly talks about finishing their masters. And then you get a story. WE ARE DONE THANK THE GODS That’s right. Earlier this month, I officially finished my last term of my MA in creative writing. There is a whole lot I could say, and there is an equal amount of what IContinue reading “Baby’s First Shipwreck”
New Year, Same Ol’ Me
Have I ever kept to a New Years Resolution? Look, we’re at about a 60% rate of most things I wanted to accomplish in the last calendar year. Grad school in 2024 meant I certainly did a fair amount of reading and writing, even if most of the reading was more theory and craft andContinue reading “New Year, Same Ol’ Me”
Self Publishing Diaries: Getting Started
Three weeks ago, I got downsized out of my day job. Sorrows. Prayers. Six weeks of severance pay before panic sets in. Since then, I’ve started taking more seriously the idea of self-publishing a series of novellas that I’ve been working on for the better part of the last 18+ months. I’ve taken a classContinue reading “Self Publishing Diaries: Getting Started”
Inaccessable Academia
Look, I’m not trying to get published in an acedmic journal with most of my work, so I think I am allowed to say this: Analytical writing is absolutely one of the most difficult things and most of the time I hate it. Yeah I’ll joke as a writer about the fact that sometimes theContinue reading “Inaccessable Academia”
Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria and Being an Artist
So writers block, ain’t that a bitch? And don’t I REALLY wish that’s all that was affecting me. I spent 10 weeks in intensive outpatient therapy this year, thanks to my reason for staying in the corporate hellscape that is my job (we love insurance and a livable wage yo). While it was great forContinue reading “Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria and Being an Artist”
Flash Fiction February 2024 – With Prompt List
What the Heck is Flash Fiction February? Every year I make the same new year’s resolution: Make writing a habit. Or just write more. Or share more. Or some chimera of all three. And every year I mean well and then thanks to a lifetime of ADHD, the real world being a mess, and personalContinue reading “Flash Fiction February 2024 – With Prompt List”
January Wrap-Up!
Is it February 4th as I’m typing this? Maybe. Accountability makes a hell of a difference in productivity. I know, it seems sort of obvious, but it’s also pretty easy to forget when you’re also incredibly used to going at everything on your own. January was easily my most “productive” creative month in a longContinue reading “January Wrap-Up!”
Salvaging the Dead Draft
Last year, I had a story I was working on for a gift for my sister based of a prompt she had given me that she liked the idea of. I spent months working on this thing, and hated every single draft and version I came up with. But I kept trying. By the fourthContinue reading “Salvaging the Dead Draft”
2023 Writing Goals – ADHD Writer Edition
Coming out of a global pandemic, shortly after dealing with a personal health crisis in 2018-2019, it’s been a rough half a decade. With things finally settling down, I’ve been able to shift my focus from “OMG please try not to die” to my mental health. Do you have any goals for writing or readingContinue reading “2023 Writing Goals – ADHD Writer Edition”
Macabress Manuscripts 