I can’t believe has taken me this long to shout out 1922review for including my poem in their latest issue. It’s full of amazing art and writing 🖤✍🏻 #poetry

Recounting my visit to North Carolina’s Road to Nowhere while I work on the first draft of my 1970’s horror novel. I’ve been asking myself, what make a spooky place spooky? open.substack.com/pub/lstevens...

When people are showing off Chat GPT dolls, and you made yourself a real one 😏 This was a really fun project that started with a ten dollar Barbie and a used wooden crate 🖤

Another art journal spread. Basically me after finally converting my old blog on Wordpress to a static author site. What a pain that was 😑

Another recent art journal spread. I made this one after watching Perfect Blue, and I think it shows.

Another recent art journal spread. I made this one out of images clipped from old issues of Modern Painter.

Recent art journal spread and current motto. Read books. Be kind. Stay weird.

Latest post is up on Substack. I had a lot of fun putting this one together 🎧 open.substack.com/pub/lstevens...

Next research read… #truecrime #amwriting

"Meta doesn't want anyone to buy this book" what a powerful blurb. ✔️buys book.

Wanted poster for Ted Bundy. When he was incarcerated in Colorado he was treated a sort of a folk hero after briefly escaping jail. By the time he was captured in Florida after escaping again public opinion had changed dramatically. #truecrime #darkhistory

One of the eeriest pictures of Ted Bundy I came across while researching him for my novel. It was taken by Former Seattle Times photographer Jerry Gay while Ted was incarcerated in Colorado. He would later escape and commit more murders in Florida. #truecrime #darkhistory

My latest post is up on Substack, a few take aways from reading Ann Rule’s The Stranger Beside Me as part of the research for my 1970s horror novel. open.substack.com/pub/lstevens...

I’m ready for spring, warm weather, and gardening. While it warms up I’m working on two Substack articles for March with my takeaways from researching Ted Bundy for my WIP.

Happy Economic Blackout! I’m using a homemade body scrub, binging season one of True Detective on DVD, cleaning up the pilling on my flannels, and covering up the logos on corporate swag I thrifted.

Oddities and Curiosities Expo haul 💀 #odditiesandcuriosities #shopsmall #stayweird

Trying to keep February more productive than January. Set up a recurring donation to the ACLU, qualifying to proofread with Project Gutenberg, and updating my author site by the end of the week 🖤

Experimenting with making my own patches. I can’t decide if this is funny or grammatically incorrect. I didn’t have enough stickers to spell republican so I had to get creative 🐘 #truecrime #tfg

January’s post is up. Looking back at how my first visit to a used bookstore got me through a turbulent time in my life. open.substack.com/pub/lstevens...

Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it. Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

“If they would rather die, . . . they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.” - Donald J. Trump

Is it Friday yet😣 Working on finalizing my Substack post today and taking qualifying tests to volunteer with Project Gutenberg ✍🏻 #amwriting #projectgutenberg

“If you can feel that staying human is worth while, even when it can't have any result whatever, you've beaten them.” George Orwell, 1984 #bannedbooks

Last night’s sunset and Taco Bell were the bright spots of a very distressing week. Regrouping this weekend so I can focus on writing again. #amwriting #comfortfood

I feel as worried now as I did in March 2020. Reading through the executive orders made me feel sick, and I fear whatever comes next.

Current writing mood #1970s #counterculture #horror

My writing buddy 🖤 #writingbuddy #seniordog #amwriting

Backyard birdwatching 🖤 #vultures #blackandwhite #goth