Yay happy new year. I don’t like my brain chemistry lately. I have an anxiety disorder that means I do very well when kept desperately busy, but slide into malaise once the pressure lets up. On the plus side, I…
Ughhhhhh sick. Just gonna post this without a “diary entry” preamble, or else it’ll never happen. Short Stories and Essays “Malfunctioning Sex Robot” by Patricia Lockwood A roast of John Updike that’s laugh-out-loud funny at times. It needed to be,…
This is the month I read about 200 stories for the upcoming issue of Translunar Travelers Lounge. But I can’t talk about any of that yet. Short stories “Changeling” by William Alexander A robots-as-people story about mail fraud and theater…
I read a crap ton this month, but it was 90% stuff I can’t talk about. I joined the team going through slush for Translunar Travelers Lounge. TTL is a speculative fiction magazine focused on “fun” stories. Lest ye sin,…
This month I decided fuck it: If I’ve read a nonfiction piece over a certain wordcount, it may go in the diary, depending on whether my left leg itches or Mars is in the fifth spleen. I’m on a nonfiction…
This month was made memorable by my workload reaching a low ebb. Unfortunately, this also happened for everyone else in my office, so they are bugging me all day always constantly!!! If I could get ten freaking uninterrupted minutes of…
I had a deadish day at the office this month, so I got to knock back about eight stories in a row. Yay! Otherwise, bluh. Summer vacation is a mistake. Them kids should be in school all year round. Two…
I had just a tiny bit more free time this month than I usually do, but in fragments. This sucks. I miss the sense of peace that comes from the freedom of having spare hours to fill. I miss exploring,…
Hahaha I read almost nothing. (Nothing published— I’m discounting the 1.3 secret WIPs I beta read for friends. About 90k there.) In April, I suffered 3 consecutive “family situations” spanning 4 weeks. Some of this was fun. The longest running…
Notice how I skipped February? That’s because I didn’t have any free time in February. Or for most of March. Don’t tell my union, but I’ve been staying late at the office consistently, working through my lunches and breaks, etc.—and…