I love it when I'm writing a character and suddenly learn something new about them.

I have a book coming out this year. I said it out loud yesterday and couldn't believe it. Shiva comes out this year. 🖤 darkmattermagazine.shop/products/shi...

My outfit yesterday was perfection. 😊

Horror Quote of the Day: “A new year for new sins.” - @emilyrverona.bsky.social Somehow, this story lives rent free in my head. It is the automatic memory association that is made by my brain when thinking about New Year’s Day. (And yes, I’m aware that this story is about Rosh Hashanah.)

Phoebe and I are waiting for my boyfriend to finish work for the day. Then we are snacking and watching television and I'm excessively excited about how low key it is going to be. Happy New Year! 😘

It's the last day of the year to hide away and read books.

Fight or Flight is streaming. Yes, give me inexplicably blonde Josh Hartnett please.

Today I did yoga, walked a mile, got witchy, and wrote fiction. My Midnight Hour clothes arrived and I'm cooking homemade bean burgers for the first time. Sort of loving this liminal time before the new year. 🖤

I love the short story I'm working on and I hope I can get the ending to sound as good as it does in my head. Knowing how you want something to go and actually writing it out in that way can be challenging.

The Arc Party Horror Preview for 2026 includes Shiva! 🖤 youtu.be/rbJMhKroEYk?...

The short story I'm currently writing is set in a similar time and place to this flash piece I wrote a few years ago. If you are looking for a little bite of historical fiction, check out "The Spiritualist" from 2023. wigleaf.com/202310spirit...

This morning my boyfriend and I decided to bind our own notebooks. Then he went to get ready for work and I did some reading. Watched some movies. A very quiet, very good day. Grateful for it.

I'm watching the movie Eden and am actually quite impressed with how accurate it is staying to the true story.

Phoebe is waiting for me to pay attention to her.

I keep going back and forth on where the short story I'm working on should take place. England or the United States. Either way, I think it will stay set in the late 1800s. Even though the early 1900s keeps calling to me.

I tried some yoga and my dog seems to be under the impression that this is when we lie on the floor so she can lick my face.

My boyfriend got me a spell candle and Midnight Hour clothing/accessories for Christmas. 🖤

I am petting a very good dog. Merry Christmas!

Went to a party last night and it was lovely.

My boyfriend is studying coptic and I am writing a new horror short story set in the late 1800s. It is very cozy and very lovely.

Looking ahead to 2026, I'm trying to do a lot. Might not achieve all of these goals but I'm sure gonna try. The first one I'm definitely putting a lot of energy into. I really love this book. And I have no idea how to pitch a short story as a short film but I wanna make it happen. 🖤

Trying to use the internet today for it's purest purpose: googling obscure Victorian customs and watching baby animal videos.

Sharing this again now that all my stories and essays for the year have been published. I only had a few out this year but I'm really proud of all of them. Please check out Poisoned Soup and This Way Lies Madness if you like spooky, soulful tales.

Publishers Weekly is sponsoring an AI for Publishing Bootcamp on their PW Learning platform. This is so disgusting and unacceptable. There's an email on the site. I've just sent them a message urging them to cancel this workshop series immediately. You can do the same. pwlearninglab.com

It's Pub Day for the Poisoned Soup anthology! Thank you to editors Grace R. Reynolds and Wendy Dalrymple for putting this together! 🖤

Trying to focus on what I can control today. Submitted poetry to a few places. Ordered an orthopedic dog bed for Phoebe's arthritis. Applied to jobs. Did some stretches that are supposed to be good for my hip, which has been hurting for two weeks. Just one act at a time.

Is anyone else obsessed with the Elijah Wood episode of I Love LA or is it just me? I've watched it three times.

I made my boyfriend a fantasy map of our future home for Chanukah and since I've finally given it to him I can share a photo without ruining the surprise. I aged the paper with coffee, used a printer to put our names in a fancy font, and hand stamped it with Lord of Maps stamps. He loved it. 🖤

Phoebe and her axolotl ❤️

hi 😊

Happy (almost) Chanukah! We had family over today. It was fun to see everyone. Phoebe wore her fancy sweater.

I think this poem is done. Or very near to being done.

Just a reminder that when Nightmare Magazine opens to subs again in January, we are VERY EAGER to read your dark creative nonfiction! We're the place to send that creepy list or micro research project about something awful. adamant.moksha.io/publication/...

Happy birthday, Emily Dickinson! On this day, December 10, 1830, Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst, MA. Celebrate this revolutionary poet's birthday by joining us for a virtual program (tonight!), giving a birthday gift, or sharing your favorite poem!

Short story that's a movie review that's more than it seems? Yeah, this experimental little piece is a real treat.

I have no patience for society today.

Using AI is bad for the environment, wasting resources. Hiring a writer feeds and houses a human. Choosing sides here should not be complicated.

Pretty much every remote editorial job listed on Indeed is for training AI and it is so pathetic and disheartening. Just hire actual writers to write.

The Emily Dickinson Museum hosts a virtual event in honor of her birthday every year. It's tonight and if you enjoy Dickinson's poetry I highly recommend attending. It always inspires me. www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org/195th-virtua...

Still cant believe my short story "Bangs" is in this incredible anthology. 🖤 www.simonandschuster.com/books/This-W...

It's hibernating season and all I want to do is read gothic novels, watch history documentaries, and snuggle with my dog. Maybe do a few crafts.

I think this poem is almost, but not quite, done.

Please help writer and artist Don Noble and his family after a fire destroyed their house. Every little bit helps. gofund.me/1d348cfdd

I tried salted caramel potato chips and I have very complicated feelings about them.

guess i'm introspective this afternoon

Listen, I'm by no means famous or anything, but I've done some cool things. My novel was published by one of the Big Five. I have a novella coming out with an awesome press soon, over 20 published short stories, a few award nominations. And yet there are days I still feel like the family failure.

this poem is starting to feel like itself

This afternoon I ate a little lemon cake and did some reading. Then I worked on the poem I've been revising. There is leftover Chinese food for dinner and I am really excited about it. 🖤

my boyfriend: me: you know, I really appreciate the alliteration of mighty and morphin in describing the power rangers.