My, oh my. I've recently crossed 20k words on my current discovery draft. I'm still having A BLAST writing it. I'm still desperately clinging to the fun part of the writing — the anything-goes, no plot only vibes, it is what it is style of writing. This very much feels like the old writing habit… Continue reading Discovery Drafting – 20,000 Words Down!
Here's some honesty for you. I've tried to write three different posts. I scrapped all of them. Why? Either they were too vulnerable and I worried I was sharing too much, or I thought they were boring and whiney after rereading them, or I was suddenly very worried about what other people would say. This… Continue reading A loud internal Critic, Discovery Drafting, and no plot to be found
As of today, I've written nearly 10k in this new project. After not having written any fresh words in months, this feels wild. This is very much a zero draft where I'm just telling myself the story (and the two lucky friends who have it thrown at them). I've been missing descriptions of places and… Continue reading What a difference a week makes
(The following is brought to you by Ms. Hyde in the depths of my Luteal Phase. I thought about not posting this, but maybe somebody else out there is struggling just as much as I am, or maybe you have advice.) PMDD or Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder is defined by various medical publications as "very severe PMS."… Continue reading The Truth About PMDD – It’s not just “severe PMS”
I've seen a few posts on Substack listing things that bring you joy. Deb Dana coined the term "glimmers" in her book The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy. Glimmers are tiny, seemingly insignificant moments when you feel a sense of joy, pleasure, peace, and gratitude. They’re micro moments that begin to shape our system in very… Continue reading Glimmers – Small joyous moments
Subtle Stories 