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Bridgerton on Netflix

Hi! *climbs out of thesis-shaped hole* Bridgerton, based on the historical romance series by Julia Quinn, is going to be on Netflix on December 25th. I’m unspeakably excited. The trailer released yesterday:

Reading Challenge: 20 Books Read!

I hope everyone had a safe and happy Thanksgiving! I finished my twentieth book of the year today, which is miraculous almost considering I’ve spent most of this year plugging through grad school courses and otherwise not being to able to disconnect from the general gloom of 2020 to read a lot until fairly late … Continue reading Reading Challenge: 20 Books Read!

Post-Election 2020

I saw my almost five-year-old niece on Sunday–outdoors, at a distance. She had a cute little mask on–the nose and whiskers of a bunny–and she wore it over her nose and mouth properly, not even fidgeting a little bit with the mask. She has to wear a mask in her kindergarten class, so I think … Continue reading Post-Election 2020

Switching the Lens: A digital collection to geek out over

Sometimes, Twitter can be good. I came across this tweet from the London Metropolitan Archives on my timeline a few days ago and I was super excited to explore the digitized data this collection contains because a) I am a big history nerd, b) I love a digitized archival collection, c) I have been reading … Continue reading Switching the Lens: A digital collection to geek out over

Full Dark is on sale!

Three years ago, I was involved in an anthology. My short story, “Haunted Lake”–possibly one of my current favorite things I’ve ever written–was included in that collection. Full Dark is on sale! If you want some creepy stories for Halloween, do check it out Amazon B&N

Research Survey for Graduate Thesis

Posting this here because why not? Hello, Internet. I am in the process of researching for my graduate thesis. I am in a Master of Library and Information Science program and I am researching and writing about libraries and fake news aka disinformation and the work libraries have done to mitigate this information problem. Part … Continue reading Research Survey for Graduate Thesis

2020 Reading: 15 books finished

Somehow, I have four books left to read to hit 20 books on this year’s reading challenge. For a while, I wasn’t sure if I would hit it. Around March and April, when the COVID crisis was particularly bad in New York, I found it extremely hard to concentrate on reading anything. Then I had … Continue reading 2020 Reading: 15 books finished

Story Elevator Pitches

I remember years ago reading that being able to summarize your story into a sentence was important. Why it was important, I couldn’t tell you. I really admire all those authors who can boil their stories down to a Tweet-length pitch. I couldn’t ever do that. I mean, like, what’s the pithy way to describe … Continue reading Story Elevator Pitches

September Update

Shit, has it really been a month since I updated this here blog? I guess so. Well, I’m not sure that anything’s really happened in that month in particular–time moves oddly when you’re in semi-lockdown, where more things are opening back up but I’m basically chained to my computer because this semester of grad school … Continue reading September Update

Astrology is Funny and Other Anecdotes

Hello on this gloomy August New York day, where I can hear thunder rumbling and yet it won’t rain. Just rain already. You don’t have to be so dramatic about it. I’m in the final stages of writing this epic fanfiction I’ve been sharing with my friends and writing since like February or March of … Continue reading Astrology is Funny and Other Anecdotes