๐Ÿ“บ I’m not remotely close to caught up on The Owl House but I just want to say that Luz’s tailcoat and tutu combo is the dream. Via romanticwolf131 on Tumblr.


Want to read: A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee ๐Ÿ“š


Finished reading: The Four-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss ๐Ÿ“š


๐ŸŽฎ Played Dragon Quest on Android. Gorgeous pixel remake of the foundational JRPG. Super fun! ๐Ÿฒ


๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ—ฏ๏ธ Read Once & Future Vol. 1: The King Is Undead by Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora. Arthuriana and a story about the nature of stories, plus a kickass grandma. Looking forward to reading more. ๐Ÿ—ก๏ธ


๐Ÿ’ฌ๐Ÿ”– “What did I learn today about how to live this life?” This question applies to a lot more than writing.

Catapult | On Writing (with a Day Job) | Richard Mirabella catapult.co



๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ“บ At Electric Literature, Meera Vijayan writes about the value of seeing Alina Starkov build her strength a little at a time in the face of staggering self-doubt and how good representation doesn’t always require “strong” female characters.



I’m available for work starting September 7. Ideal employed situation is part-time, remote, at least $1500/mo. Also open to contract work. My superpowers are research design, qualitative analysis, workflow organization, clear writing, & speaking.


Today my (medical) doctor called me and when I answered, she said, “Hello, Dr. Hirsh?”



Finished reading: Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir ๐Ÿ“š


๐Ÿ“š In HARROW THE NINTH Harrowhark uses the phrase “A fatal longing for the picturesque” and I’m all “AHHHHH is that a THE SECRET HISTORY reference?”


๐Ÿ”–๐Ÿ“บ๐ŸฟThis piece identifies what made LOKI less than ideal for me: Loki himself is constrained, not as grand or mischievous as we’re used to. Great piece overall:

Loki as Other: Why Do Queer and Female Viewers Love the Trickster? tor.com

Read: www.tor.com


๐Ÿ”–๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿ“š It’s nice timing to read this after recently starting my Dorian Gray re-read:

Manic Pixie Dream Portrait: On 500 Days of Summer and Dorian Gray. โ€น Literary Hub lithub.com

Read: lithub.com



Me, after two nights of terrible sleep: Welp, I worked for 48 billable minutes. Time to pack it in and watch TV!


Other people’s midi dress is my maxi dress.


You know what would be an interesting pair of books to read together? The 4-Hour Work Week and How to Do Nothing. ๐Ÿ“š


๐Ÿ’ฌ๐Ÿ“š “Harrow would be tripping over herself for her whole existence, a frictionless hoop of totally f-cking up.” - Tamsyn Muir, HARROW THE NINTH #relatable


๐Ÿ“š O no I have HARROW THE NINTH on my eReader and want to hermit up and just read it until I’m doooooonnnnneee.


๐Ÿ“š I’m re-reading THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY and I want to write down all of Lord Henry Wotton’s bon mots but there are too many and all of them in that beautiful Wildean structure: “I can believe anything, provided that it is quite incredible.”


Just watched the first episode of Schmigadoon and Aaron Tveit channeling John Raitt/Gordon McRae/Robert Goulet is ๐Ÿ’ฏ.


I’m working on developing a new academia aesthetic, it’s kind of a sff academia. Inspired by the Mythic Quest episode “Backstory,” still need to work out how to express the cool bits while acknowledging the seriously bad stuff in sff history.