...do I ever shut up?

The Ashleys have an interesting morning in the woods. #wlwfiction #horrorsky #wasphoney

In the absence of AOL chat rooms, the youth will still find places to attempt to cyber. Places like the comments section of allpoetry.com, for example.

Technically I need new books the way I need a hole in my head but, uh...oops?

god do I recommend reading anything Anne Rice ever said about being a woman and being a female writer. I do actually recommend that, she is extremely articulate and self-aware about why she writes gender the way she does, and it's instructive. also, yay!

All I can think about lately is Cortical Lab's dish brain

Ashley encounters an off-putting man at the drag show where she performs. The queens discuss him backstage. #WaspHoney #horrorwriters #horrorsky

"Someone tried to strangle Sneako", "Clavicular just had a drug overdose", I refuse to believe that understanding any of these headlines is better for me than chain-smoking

Deep cleaned the bathroom and made myself cacio e pepe. Not a bad day overall.

This day in 1976, Anne Rice's first novel was released. Rest easy, Anne. Or don't--I like to assume you're still out in the ether raising absolute hell. #annerice #classichorror #moderngothic

The thing about my protag being a drag queen is that I sometimes have to come up with ideas for performances and just pray that they're any good even though I have zero talent for this kind of art at all.

Ashley opens up about a painful memory. #FirstDraft #WeirdGirlLit #HorrorSky #WaspHoney

Picnic! At Hanging Rock

The Ashleys get closer; one divulges a strange secret to the other. #HorrorSky #WeirdFiction #FirstDraft #WIP

Ass grass or Taco stash

Maverick has sat on the arm of my chair during every writing session for Wasp Honey, so I think I need to credit her as my coauthor at this point.

Finding out on this fine Thursday evening that booktok is reading first person pov like a self insert fanfic and then getting angry when the protagonist makes decisions the reader wouldn't make and then DNF-ing the book... We really have to start leaving *some* children behind.

Do NOT interpret this as helplessness or 'ah, well, nevertheless.' We keep us safe and we get out of this together, because abusers are very rarely prepared for any meaningful pushback and we do not need to depend on the people who fail to act when they witness abuse.

Tulip Festival was a success. Not only did we have fun, we also bought this mug, which is perfect.

back and forth through my mind behind a cigarette

My favorite animal is me in a flow state. (just finished outlining a giant chunk of the story I'm working on 😌)

I do not take booktok seriously and I never will. What the fuck you mean the epilogue and prologue “aren’t part of the book/story”???????

How's my weight gain going? Well, I've expanded past the capacity of damn near all my elastic-waist pants. Now I'm not even certain what size jeans I currently am.

Are we starting to see the vision?

Mind you, this started as a short story...

Perfect

Uh oh. I'm writing again.

Environmental storytelling or whatever

What's been taking up my time lately. open.substack.com/pub/zerildah...

While I prefer to be abstract with my art, this is the time to take the direct approach.

"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."

In the time it took me to power smoke half a cigarette, my back door nearly froze itself stuck.

Day zero of my mini writer's retreat (IE: the night before). Word count is 1104.

Retreat starts tonight after dinner. Aiming to get a couple of scenes done before shower and sleep. Wish me luck!

I've populated this story with mostly drag queens and strippers and so the number of comparatively insane names I have to come up with on the fly (and then write down so I'll remember later) is frankly astronomical.

#WIPwednesday on the sapphic horror I'm working on. I just love my mc y'all. She's so babygirl to me.

Current projects: 🖤 killer lesbos, female rage revenge fantasy monster-fucking short story that is only getting longer by the second 🖤 my first paid blog post about what it's like to mourn the person you were before a major identity shift

In order to be closer to the hospital and her work, Kris will be staying at her mom's during the snow storm. Which means I'll be home alone. Planning on treating it like a little at home writing retreat 😌✨️

my girls my girls my girls my girls my girls

ICE agents when a guy in a bathrobe standing out in -20 weather tells them to each shit

This week's movie was a fun one. Nice, fucked up little romp. 1998 so the wardrobe was enviable. Soundtrack slapped. The dad sucked real bad so no clue why she wanted him so bad. All in all, a fun ride.

Like what do you mean my active flares have started healing since I started smoking again?! That shouldn't be how this works.

Having a not well understood skin condition really isn't for the weak. My sister once said I'm like if the Log Lady got lost in a Cronenberg film and I fear she may have cut to the core of me with that one..

Why consult ChatGPT when you could seek answers the old fashioned way?

I like to think that the afterlife for David was/is like being absorbed by the world of dreams. That he became one with that realm. #davidlynch

Wrote a thing for those of us feeling lost and scared. All is not lost. Don't let them lie to you about the hopelessness of the situation. zerildahall.substack.com/p/apocalypsi...

Too many people are trying to differentiate between ICE and police. I will hold your hand as I say this: Police in the US treat marginalized people the way ICE treats everyone. They're far more similar than you want to admit. Defunding the police and abolishing ICE are the same fight.

Meant to post this yesterday. Oops. #WriteSky #queerhorror

this is the only way