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October 19, 2021
A Reminder That You’re Actually Allowed To Breathe, Okay?
Almost two years ago to the day, I wrote the below post. Apparently I needed a reminder of its message, because the internet randomly spat it back up at me yesterday, and I just… I don’t know. I needed to hear it. You know?
It’s okay to slow down. It’s okay to take time to breathe. It’s okay if reaching your goals takes a lifetime. It’s okay to make the journey fun along the way, instead of filled with cramped pressure and tight deadlines. It’s okay.
It’s okay.
It’s okay.
ON DOIN...
October 18, 2021
October Inklets, Both Out Of My Usual Wheelhouse! (Jellybeans & Wedding Dress Old Gods…)
I had two Inklets come out this month, so I thought I’d share real quick in case you’re interested.
On the 1st, the double issue (and hecka mouthful) The Remarkable Insight Of Jellybeans and Understanding came out. This is a pair of contemporary stories, which is a little out of my wheelhouse, but here we are.
She sits on the lounge with her partner, sharing an unfulfilling jar of jellybeans. For the first time in her life, she dares to dream of something more.
If only she could f...
October 17, 2021
Made-It Monday: A Book Trailer! The Day Before Is Out Today – Happy Book Birthday, LIana! *Confetti*
Welcome to #MadeItMonday, where I post something I’ve made in the previous week, and where you can join in and post something you made too! The rules are easy: post a pic somewhere of something you’ve made in the last week (ish; let’s say in the last month as the hard-and-fast) and tag it. Sit back and enjoy scrolling through all the beautiful things we’ve collectively created, and celebrate the fact that humans can be awesome!
Welp. First of all, prizes for the longest post title ever. SORR...
October 14, 2021
Pins Of The Week: Bilingual Whales, Human Kindness, Christmas Beetles, Dirk Gently & Puns
It’s Friday! And that means my top pins of the week – or at least, it means a handful of pins I’ve randomly selected out of the probable-hundreds I’ve stress-pinned this week :’D
With no further ado, this week’s selection, for your perusing pleasure 
What’s your favourite (or completely random) thing on the net this week?
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Abandoned Words: Aphelion Ch 3
IT’S A (PARANORMAL) WRAP!!
Phew!
I’m not sure if I’ve comprehensively detailed this here yet or not but last year, I was contracted by Aurealis (Australia’s top sff magazine and home of the globally recognised Aurealis Awards) to write a 7-part series on the symbolic origin of paranormal creatures.
Well, last night I handed in the last article. PHEW. ‘Goblins: Greed, Anti-Semitism and Neurodivergence Throughout History’ is coming to an Aurealis magazine near you in, I think, December.
Relatedly, issue #145 jus...
October 12, 2021
**Emergency Tea Only**
Good news: we’re moving house!
After six years of “We’re buying a house, no really, any day now”, we ACTUALLY have a house, woohoo! Super looking forward to the increased yard space – for kids, chickens and gardens alike!! Plus the possibility of a dedicated work space corner for meeeee, hurrah.
Sad news, this means I had to pack up all my tea to be moved. Ha. I’ve kept out ONLY MY EMERGENCY TEA SUPPLIES please observe:
O:)
Is only the emergency supply, I promise. I have more...
October 11, 2021
So I’ve Actually Really Missed Blogging?
Turns out I’ve actually really, really missed blogging? I didn’t realise I was missing it, but last week I restarted after several months off, and yeah, it feels good. Maybe it’s because it’s writing, even if it’s not fiction. Maybe it’s because I feel like this is a safe space where I can be myself, or maybe it’s just that this is a place to revel in the things that I enjoy and that make me happy. Maybe it’s even because this is a space to process things – I often don’t really know what I’m goi...
October 10, 2021
Made-It Monday: Random Drawings
Welcome to #MadeItMonday, where I post something I’ve made in the previous week, and where you can join in and post something you made too! The rules are easy: post a pic somewhere of something you’ve made in the last week (ish; let’s say in the last month as the hard-and-fast) and tag it. Sit back and enjoy scrolling through all the beautiful things we’ve collectively created, and celebrate the fact that humans can be awesome!
Just a couple of random drawings today. One is a dinosaur, the p...
October 7, 2021
Top Friday Pins
I’ll be honest, the only YouTube/video things I’ve watched in the last few weeks is gardening videos. So, today, you get a few of the most recent pins I’ve pinned across my Pinterest boards. (Pinterest is my mental-health go-to for social media, gonna be honest.) This may end up replacing the previously-usual Friday videos, since I’m way more likely to be on Pinterest than watching video content. We Shall See.
What have you found on the interwebs this week?
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