2025 has been a tough year, so I wrote some thoughts about it and my writing.

I was going to make banana bread but had to look up how heavy my stand mixer is. I can’t lift more than ten pounds right now so now I need to wait for my partner to come home so he can lift it 😭

Audio Drama fans rejoice! "Rest for the Wicked" drops tomorrow! Oh, and there's just 2 days left to get your questions to us to make it into our special Post Mortem, Post Mortem! ⌚🍁🗡️ Featuring: Mary Kirby Sylvia Feketekuty John Battye Colleen Perman Andrew Sutherland and Sarah Hayward

We put our lights up outside last weekend, but did not plug them in. We intended to wait until at least after Remembrance Day. Three nights this week, our lights have been plugged in. Finally spotted the one doing it, and it seems to be a child who is behind it. Still weird, less creepy though.

Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶

Tonight, our outdoor Christmas lights were on. I did not plug them in. Nor did my partner. And yet, they were plugged in and on.

Oh wow. Organizers of Alberta's 'Forever Canadian' petition say they collected 456,365 signatures.

My 17 year old cat spent most of the summer sleeping and now seems determined to spend the fall screaming (mostly for food)

Successful day so far. Got the Covid and flu shots, then voted. Now time for a treat and then back to the word mines

Want the flu or COVID shots for NEXT year? The booking site says to get your pre-order in before December 15th... of this year.

Due to various reasons, I’m missing out on Thanksgiving this year and everyone’s posts about their dinners is giving me some real FOMO

I've been periodically trying to look for work, but it gets more and more soul crushing as time goes on. My old career path seems basically non existent now. So I need to figure out what else I can do and where to even look for jobs at this point. Everything feels so discouraging.

Had to push back about the car accident this week and even though I know it’s the right thing to do it feels bad.

2025 has been a heck of a year and not necessarily a good one. I had hoped to escape the last few months unscathed but a cat shive accident last night had dashed that dream (all the humans are relatively okay at least)

I'm at a section in this story where I need to reveal a piece of information that will essentially kick off a major portion of the plot. Here's a live look at my brain every time I try to mention exactly what that info is:

oh no

Yesterday I got rid of 17,000 words on the current manuscript because something wasn't quite sitting right. Now I get to rework it all. #amwriting

TFW you write a perfect line for a writing exercise no one will ever see. Just going to tuck it away and try to work it into a story at some point. #amwriting

Currently in the burnt out disappointment phase and hoping I’ll get to weirdo soon.

I like to think I'm a writer, but the minute I have to write an email, I forget how words and sentences work.

I’ve been good. Time for a little existential crisis as a treat

Thrilled to have my story "Welcome to Spruceway" in issue 8.1 of Augur. A huge thank you to @augursociety.bsky.social and especially @spondeee.bsky.social for being an amazing editor and champion for this piece! Read it here and check out the rest of the issue too! augursociety.org/welcome-to-s...

Today’s writing goal: try not to second guess every decision in this novel #amediting

Ok so I’m brining four books to a conference where books will be sold but in my defense I’m almost done one and I had two holds to pick up at the library.

The readers dilemma: how many books is too many to bring to a conference weekend? Is it three?

Fine. The story is probably better for me having to go back over it all again. And it's done!

Tonight's goal: Finally finish editing this short story #amwriting

If you want a COVID-19 vaccine in Alberta this is what you now need to do: 1. "Pre-order" by Sept. 30: bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr... 2. In the fall, remember to book a public health clinic appointment. (No more pharmacy shots.) 3. Pay. (Prices not yet announced.) 4. Attend appointment.

Everything seems very overwhelming today. Seriously debating walking into the woods for a while, become a forest creature

Taking inventory & packing books for WWC! Lots of Starship Librarians for its debut. 🥳

I'm going to be on the Perspectives on Fantasy & Horror Video Games panel at this year's When Words Collide! Come hang out and see if I have anything to say on Sunday, August 17, 1:00 pm.

Finally getting into a new video game and I can’t play for more than an hour without getting sick 😭 this is the first time it’s ever been this bad for me

Fifteen minutes past a scheduled phone call appointment. I'm getting hungry and not sure how much longer I should wait

Went to the Heritage Festival. Got through three booths before the lightning started 😭 I tried so hard to plan to avoid the storms and yet

Here we are. Another update on #ForeverCanadian petition drive. Join us! Become a signature collector. Register on our website. We need your help! youtu.be/-3CfT34t27A #Yeg #ableg #cdnpoli

I feel like I'm on the verge of figuring out this short story. If I can just find the missing piece or secret sentence, it will all unlock and work. But I've been feeling this way about the story for weeks and it's so frustrating!

Alberta will stop administering its current batch of COVID vaccines at the end of July. Beginning August 11th, Albertans can pre-order the COVID (and flu vaccine) which will then be available sometime in October.

Love to be almost yelled at by a health care professional for asking for help after they haven’t bothered to book an appointment in the last month

Getting back to the second draft of a manuscript and I actually really love writing this story. Here's hoping the plot actually works as something interesting though

Took over a week off from writing. I missed my manuscripts. Now I need to remember a) what I was doing with any of them and b) how to word

There’s just something about yellow canola fields and big blue skies

Excited to show off the cover for the upcoming short story collection, Harvesting Moonshine & Other Stories by @mldcurelas.bsky.social. The fantastically retro cover is by @skyladawn.ca. Harvesting Moonshine will be out in August! Ebooks on pre-order now: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FHJGHGRS

All of the above 😭

Really feels like I need go start looking at a new career path but I don’t even know where to start at this point

Losing my absolute mind over creative industries laying off people who MAKE THE THINGS but executives are still out here, kicking around. Are they gonna look up from the longwinded LinkedIn post they’re inevitably gonna throw up there, and make the games? The books? What are we doing here?

I've been playing through Dragon Age Inquisition. I worked on that game. Nothing is a spoiler. Nothing. AND YET I still held my dang breath getting to the one scene in the Trespasser DLC. I used to get tasked with heartbreak runs! I knew for sure that I'd done everything right. AND YET.

Tammy pierce may your pillows always be cold and your food microwaved at the right time

Stop using generative AI. There is no legitimate use of generative AI. There is no “I hate AI but this is ok”. Not everyone is using it. We do not have to “get used to it or be left behind.” Just don’t. Just stop. Delete the app. Close your account. Save some money. Take the first step. #noai