New bio!
Mom. PhD. Once and future school librarian. Freelance academic. Citizen of Romancelandia. I manage multiple chronic illnesses. I love books and games. 🌈♿
🔖 Read The Messy Places Are Where the Learning Happens: On Being a Beginner by Michelle Boyd (Digits and Threads)
A great reminder to deliberately be a beginner sometimes.
Finished reading: The Witch Queen of Halloween by Kresley Cole 📚
This is a super fun romance novella, inspired by horror movies. Might become an annual Halloween re-read for me.
Finished reading: The Player by Kresley Cole 📚
A con artist falling in love with her tech billionaire mark? Sign me up.
🔖📚📝 Read Mothering and Writing Are Both Undervalued Labor, so How Do Women Do Both? .
An excellent excerpt from the book The Mother Artist: Portraits of Ambition, Limitation, and Creativity.
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“…publication is not all that it is cracked up to be. But writing is.” Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
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“One of the gifts of being a writer is that it gives you an excuse to do things, to go places and explore.” Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
🔖📝 Read An Oasis in the Desert: Why Libraries Are the Best Places to Write.
I love to write in a library carrel. More than once I’ve considered getting one for our home office. I wonder if my favorite local library branch has them. I haven’t noticed. Next time I’m there, I’ll check.
Finished reading: The Master by Kresley Cole 📚
Over here fantasizing about spending my own money on ModCloth and eShakti dresses, as well as having a place to wear them. 👗