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May you live in interesting times, the curse goes. Well, here we are. Welcome. Pull up a chair. If you're like me, you may be feeling a lot of anxiety and depression surrounding the murder of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and far too many others, and the police brutality in response to protests. If you're …
Continue reading "What can you do to fight racism? Maybe more than you think."
Well, this clearly didn’t become a habit. I’ve started writing this post I can’t remember how many times, and deleted most of it almost as many times. It’s been a challenge to build new routines now that my usual ones have been upended or just plain eliminated. Maybe we’re all having that. My sleep routines have …
Sneaking in just under the wire with this one. As you may recall, every month, Cait Gordon gives a flash fiction challenge based on luck of the draw. On the first Monday, she chooses at random from a deck of cards and gives a prompt with a genre, setting, and item. This month, she chose …
Continue reading "April Flash Fiction Draw: Have Cupboard, Will Travel"
The other day, I was making a cup of afternoon tea. That has become a habit since I've been staying at home. I've pulled out the fancy loose-leaf teas only to find most are years old and taste either bland or spoiled—into the compost they go. So, yesterday was just a plain old orange spice …
(What? I never said this was going to be a daily diary. You think I'm that organized, focused, and able to maximize my free time? Oh, child.) I'm still trying to find my bearings and settle into a routine. Let's just say that is not exactly my strongest suit. Normally, I go to the gym …
All of this has happened before, and all of it will happen again. Earlier today, I was thinking to myself: "Self," I thought, "you should start keeping your journal again." "That's a great idea," Self replied. "Think you'll stick with it?" "Doubt it. But it's worth a shot, hey?" So, here I am, giving it …
Back in 2017, I had a story published in Foglifter Journal called "Shepherd." It is probably one of my most favorite things that I've written, because it has a dog in it and it's inspired by this painting by Edward Hopper: (Image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art. I spent a lot of time …
Continue reading "Listen to my story, “Shepherd,” at A Story Most Queer"
As you may recall from last month, writer Cait Gordon is leading the charge this year on a monthly Flash Fiction Challenge. Every month, she draws three cards at random from a deck of playing cards that provide the genre and setting for the story, as well as an object that must be included. This …
Continue reading "2020 Flash Fiction Challenge: One More Breath"
You may recall that in 2018 my friend ’Nathan did a monthly flash fiction draw. He'd assign a writing prompt with three details based on the draw of three cards: genre, setting, and object. If you wanted to participate, you wrote a flash fiction story in the chosen genre, set in the chosen place, incorporating …
Happy New Year! I hope you’ve all recovered from your hangovers, but if you haven’t, I’ll type quietly. I hope 2020 is off to a good start for you because, let’s face it, 2019 kind of sucked, didn’t it? The world is on fire (literally), people in power are evil (literally), and it feels as …
Continue reading "Being resolute in 2020, or “Not one more end-of-year list.”"