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the days are dogging (late july newsletter)
july newsletter the days are dogging Dear Inklings, Apologies for the last minute missive. We're truly in the dog days now, huh? July has been a series of heat waves - where my brain just does not want to cooperate - mingled with stress over work - in particular, stress over gearing up to find a new job. It hasn't all been bad, so let's start with the good! Ash and I finished the Hexmark campaign on the second weekend of the month. We booked what has become my favorite AirBnB, a little...
endings and new beginnings (june newsletter)
june newsletter endings & new beginnings Dear Inklings, June went by in a bit of a blur. Dentist appointments. Interviews at the dentist's office, which was a little funny. Not playing Hexmark for a couple weeks and then playing it three days in a week. And writing. Lots of writing. A good bit of reading, too. Let's start with writing. I didn't hit 30k this month, and I actually didn't surpass last month. I finished out this month at 16,666 words. Part of that, however, is because I made a...
creative wells and languishing books (may newsletter)
may newsletter creative wells & languishing books Dear Inklings, Well, I'm back on Kit. And honestly, I can't remember very well why I left it. I think I had some notions about how it would be easier to build an audience on Substack which is probably technically still true. But a lot of this year has been about refilling my creative well and then coming back to worry about building an audience. And being on a platform that not only does very little about Nazi content but actively promotes it...