This is my first time celebrating Samhain, or at least my first time observing it as an actual pagan.
What a fucking year to start.
Okay, two semi-related things about Samhain that have been ...
2020-11-01 01:27:45 +0000 UTC View Post
[Note: I actually wrote this piece a year ago in response to the interview linked below and the Twitter thread from Ryan Boyd (2020-10-30 00:31:06 +0000 UTC
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[photo by Steve Hillebrand]
For reasons I’m not certain of, today during my meditation I turned to a line that was echoing in my head, from a Wendell Berry poem the name of which I could...
2020-09-25 20:07:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Today is Alban Elfed, the Light of the Water, the autumnal equinox (known as Mabon for many others). It’s my first Druid holy day, and I’ve been incredibly excited—like, excited maybe out of propor...
2020-09-22 19:53:59 +0000 UTC View PostI was going to open this by saying I’m not sure why I’m even doing it, because it will probably be painfully disgusting and an unpleasant experience for all concerned. But that’s not quite true; I do have a couple of specific reasons for wanting to put in the time and energy involved in thi...
2020-09-21 03:21:23 +0000 UTC View Post
[photo by Rob Wanenchak]
I think we’re all pretty freaked right now.
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Something my particular journey down the Druid path involves at this point is a heavy focus on me...
2020-09-20 03:05:47 +0000 UTC View PostHi, everybody. I’m apparently a Druid now.
Those of you who follow me on Twitter—which I imagine is the majority of you—will probably have noticed this, because I’ve been talking about it pretty openly. I feel compelled to talk about it here as well, because I’m having a lot...
2020-09-17 19:58:12 +0000 UTC View PostHey, everybody.
So as I think I've mentioned, the Plague Times have thrown me for a serious loop (I've been in lockdown since March with only my husband and cats for physical company) and work of any kind is just super weird and uneven and often difficult right now. I haven't been able to k...
2020-08-04 18:09:17 +0000 UTC View PostHey, folks. Today I bring you something I've been meaning to do for a while but have been spurred to do in a particular sense by *GESTURES BROADLY AT THINGS IN GENERAL*
This is a reading of the story "Walk Briskly", from Alexandra Erin's fantastic fiction and poetry collection 2020-05-14 02:32:28 +0000 UTC View Post
At the end of last year, I was trying to make it to my goal of three books written in 2019, and for the final attempt I decided to go ahead and dive into full-on Id and not worry about whether or not I’ll be able to sell. The result was very weird and very intense—and very filthy, although I ...
2020-05-02 16:16:29 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to my first Celtic Cross reading on Patreon! I meant to do this monthly a while ago, but, well, I meant to do a lot of things on a more regular basis until we were hit with a literal plague and that frankly disrupted, well, pretty much everything. You know.
Which is a shame, because...
2020-04-20 02:21:23 +0000 UTC View PostAn explanatory intro: I’m experimenting with incorporating my ongoing study of the Tarot into the stuff I’m producing for Patreon. This is the first in a series of brief weekly analytical posts I’ll be writing on individual cards. I’m clearly not getting as deep into them as someone m...
2020-04-05 22:34:59 +0000 UTC View Post[An explanatory intro: I’m experimenting with incorporating my ongoing study of the Tarot into the stuff I’m producing for Patreon. This is the first in a series of brief weekly analytical posts I’ll be writing on individual cards. I’m clearly not getting as deep into them as someone ...
2020-03-09 04:05:51 +0000 UTC View PostSo something I do when I’m feeling anxious or uncertain is pull out my Tarot cards and do a reading. I did that tonight, because yeah.
A brief word on how I approach the Tarot: I don’t come at it with any particular eye toward supernatural intervention, spirits, vibrations, or any...
2020-03-04 01:04:07 +0000 UTC View PostYeah, I renamed the audio series. I just didn't love the previous title and this feels a lot more accurate.
Anyway, I got mad and did a Super Tuesday thing. I was going to do it tomorrow on my birthday but again, got mad.
By the bye, you feel inclined to get me a birthday presen...
2020-03-03 19:52:49 +0000 UTC View Post[An explanatory intro: I’m experimenting with incorporating my ongoing study of the Tarot into the stuff I’m producing for Patreon. This is the first in a series of brief weekly analytical posts I’ll be writing on individual cards. I’m clearly not getting as deep into them as someone ...
2020-03-01 21:41:38 +0000 UTC View PostI mentioned yesterday that I’m going to be experimenting with incorporating my ongoing study of the Tarot into the stuff I’m producing for Patreon. This is the first in a series of brief weekly analytical posts I’ll be writing on individual cards. I’m clearly not getting as deep into them...
2020-02-19 21:44:30 +0000 UTC View PostHI, all.
So I’ve just started this politically-oriented audio series, and I’ve been thinking of other ways to maybe not fail quite so much at Patreon that free me from the anxiety of producing fiction writing (aside from the books I’m working on) on a regular basis. You may or may not...
2020-02-18 22:37:42 +0000 UTC View PostHello, friends.
This is the first of what I intend and hope will be an audio/semi-podcast series on the dangerous state of politics in 2020, the primaries, the election, what comes next, and what it all might mean. Basically it's me trying to work through some of what I'm thinking and feeli...
2020-02-17 21:07:49 +0000 UTC View PostHey, lovely folks,
Now that I HAVE MY PHD FINALLY and my dissertation revisions have been sent to my committee, and life is undergoing some reorganization, I'm taking stock of what I can and can't manage and how I need to be dividing my energy. I've been looking at the Patreon as part of th...
2019-07-03 15:20:22 +0000 UTC View PostI yelled about this on Twitter last night because some frustration built up in me over it, but I feel like it might be worth going into it in some further detail, because it matters:
DON’T WRITE SHITTY DEATHS
Here are a few pointers on how to avoid this. A good cha...
2018-09-16 20:12:23 +0000 UTC View PostI talk about the existence of my fanfiction on my actual page here, but as yet I haven’t crossed the streams much. I’m changing that today, because a) my Big Silly Werewolf AU fic Howl is...
2018-09-13 21:57:33 +0000 UTC View PostThis is a reading of a story originally published in issue #20 of Uncanny Magazine (which can be read here). It's one of my favorite stories that I've written to date, and it's ...
2018-03-31 23:41:37 +0000 UTC View PostAs I did last week, I've done a recap/analysis of this Sunday's episode of The Walking Dead as part of the Keep Singing podcast. Topics include Rick's grieving proce...
2018-03-06 23:25:01 +0000 UTC View PostFor any of you following me for fandom-related reasons, or any of you interested in The Walking Dead, I've started doing a series of episode recaps as part of my Keep Singing podcast...
2018-02-26 20:19:46 +0000 UTC View PostLovely GONE listeners, I promised to do this a while ago and I'm sorry it took me so long: The Interlude episodes, while I did make them somewhat garbled on purpose, are naturally going to be somewhat difficult...
2018-02-12 20:43:11 +0000 UTC View Post(Basically c/ping this straight from my Tumblr)
You may have seen this post. It explains what’s going on with Patreon better than I can - I’m tired and upset and ...
2017-12-07 05:10:03 +0000 UTC View Post