Now that I’m gainfully employed, mosts of my discretionary spending is going to creators in little $5/mo increments.

Me: If I were going to write fiction, what genre should I write?

Brain: YA high fantasy.

Me: does analysis by genre & market of the last 20 books I read

Analysis: YA high fantasy.

W: Do you know the first documented time “Google” was used as a verb?

Me: Yes, it was on Buffy the Vampire Slayer 👩🏼, Willow said it, it was in Season 7, it was in reference to the character Cassie who claimed to speak on Tara’s behalf. But I don’t remember which episode.

I started reading A Court of Thorns and Roses because it’s, um, overdue & 9 people have it on hold (sorry people, thanks library for eliminating fines). I don’t know why I waited so long to start this series. It’s very much my thing. 📚

🔖Read What happens when we die.

Beautiful notes from Maria Popova on the novel Mr g.

Putting together references and resources for making myself a Tidemaker kefta, no big deal.

Want to read: The Comedy of Survival: Literary Ecology and a Play Ethic by Joseph W. Meeker 📚

🔖 Read The comedy of survival.

🔖 Read “I Feel Very Uncomfortable When People Call Me A Writer”.

Great conversation between Sara Fredman & Dr. Merve Emre. WRITE LIKE A MOTHER is a newsletter fave for me right now. Highly recommend.

This is a note to myself to write about how connected learning has existential value, not just $/academic/civic. For more, see Jermaine’s story on p. 30-31 of Reflections on a Decade of Engaged Scholarship.