Category: Writing

The Importance of Cats and Writing What You Know (Part 2)

It’s the internet. Just go with it. Now, let’s go back to all that stuff you want to write. That is called The Tree of Rad Ideas*. All the fruit? Those are your rad ideas. *No relation whatsoever to The Tree of Knowledge. But it is The Tree of Life’s sister’s aunt’s cousin’s nephew’s mother-in-law’s brother’s great-grandchild’s best friend. Huh. Small world. Just wait for Catstein to come back. It’s not like I tried to be a smart aleck and

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The Importance of Cats and Writing What You Know (Part 1)

One of the most beneficial pieces of writing advice I’ve ever received is this: “Write what you know.” Its reminder and encouragement have both kept me– Oh? Ah. I see the problem. You’re just not looking at the situation correctly. Imagine that it’s not, for just a little. Indulge me here. And then read the bottom of your boring knowledge-ball for me okay?   To be continued… (muahaha!) ————————————————————————————– On May 3rd (that’s in, like, less than two days), I’ll

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Why We Can Never Judge a Creative Work on Its Own Merits

I blame this on individualism. We view the world in discrete units, self-contained and self-motivated. And while that gives us some piece of the picture that is truth, it blatantly ignores several key components without which we cannot hope to understand the world we live in. It lends itself well to categorization (which I’m convinced the ancient Greek philosophers had something of a fetish for), to analysis, to linear thinking, to abstract and systematized logic. Which are all well and

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It’s Time to Look Behind the Curtain…

You may have noticed that I didn’t put up a single blog post all of September. That was unintentional. If you don’t know already, I’m a university student who also works. My schedule is, for lack of a better word, interesting. In September, I was putting myself under stress that was unrealistic for my situation, as well as trying to deal with this rather special schedule of mine (which I do love, despite its challenges because LIBRARY). This past month

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To Become Like a Child Again

Getting a job at the university library has been one of the best things to happen to me this year. First of all, library. Second of all, job. Third of all, LIBRARY. The thing is a freaking treasure trove. Ever wanted to read scholarly articles about cult TV? We got that. Want books in German, French, Portuguese, or Russian? You bet. Beautiful hardcovers from the early 1800’s? Yep. And I’m just in the humanities library. Probably one of the best

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Erica's Story (WIP title) | The Books of Bílo (WIP title) #1
First draft 29%
Hunter and Prey | White Changeling #3
First draft 100%
First round edits 0%
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Grow Your Library

Hidden in Sealskin
The Illuminated Heart
Dreaming of Her and Other Stories
The Kitten Psychologist Tries to Be Patient Through Email
The Tree Remembers
Like Mist Over the Eyes
The Kitten Psychologist Broaches the Topic of Economics
The Kitten Psychologist
Plunged Ashore
The Kitten Psychologist Versus The Kitten's Owners