I drew the Ace of Swords as my anchor card for winter. I made it my phone background to help me remember that this season, I can use my sharp mind to cut through fog and that this is just the beginning. Deck is the Moonchild Tarot.
🔖📝 Read Finding the Secret Door Into Your Novel.
When a novel is wick, it has a life about it.
(Have we talked about how I married Dickon, Internet? Because I did.)
Said I was gonna disconnect cross-posting from Twitter, forgot to actually do it, gonna leave it on for now since they’ve walked back the bananas linking policy.
Finished reading: Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko 📚
Finished this in 2 or 3 days. I was drawn to it because of the cover & buzz. I stayed in it because of the magic of connection & my love of kind teen girls with a sense of justice. Gorgeous, evocative writing, highly recommend.
Happy solstice!
Kelly J. Baker’s latest newsletter is about a year of not writing & what that means when being a writer is a key piece of your identity.
It helped me realize I often extrapolate from “If you write, you’re a writer” the logical fallacy “If you aren’t writing, you aren’t a writer.”
New glasses! Who knew I had a face under those cateyes?
Currently reading: Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko 📚
Disconnecting cross-posting to Twitter after this post. Find my follow page at kimberlyhirsh.com if you want to keep up with me.
Finished reading: Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo 📚
I loved it so much. I know Leigh Bardugo is done with the Grishaverse for a while but I hope not for always.