feb 2025 - hanging in there
Hi friends, Happy Year of the Snake! I know it’s been a while, but I have not forgotten this newsletter exists! I have been busy with life. I had a lot going...
summer 2024 ☀️: slush lessons
As usual, time has proven itself to be a construct yet again and it’s now been a few months since my last post. And we’ve moved to Buttondown! Yay! By...
lit or spec? a submission guide to that story you wrote with funky magic/spaceships/surreal shit
how to submit short fiction with speculative elements: a practical guide
jan 2024
hello 2024!
fall 2023
where i remember i need to update this!
july/august 2023
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june 2023
Happy June! You may have noticed this newsletter hasn’t been updated in a while. I have been doing plenty of reading and writing behind the scenes but thanks...
jan/feb 2023
Hi friends, Happy (one month late) New Year! Really hoping that the Year of the Rabbit means this year is going to be a good one. Thanks for reading the...
november 2022
Hi everyone! Life has been a roller coaster ride the past month, but I’ve managed to sneak some reading and writing in. I’ve split this post into two—the...
september 2022
Heyo! If you’re reading this, hello again! I am still alive. Let’s start with some life updates, because a lot of stuff has happened in the last few months....
Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
Hey everyone, I think a few posts ago I mentioned Brandon Sanderson’s Alcatraz series as being some of my fave Middle Grade books ever and that I was looking...
all the real life heroes and villains you didn’t know you needed
the one where this blog turns into a Patrick Radden Keefe stan blog for a day
an update (and a few recs)
Hi everyone, Long time no see! I’ve been swamped both at work and at not-work, and I was out of town for half the weekends in May—which is why there was no...
april showers...
Dear friends, Rain is in the forecast this week (a rare enough event in these parts that it’s noteworthy), and hopefully it’ll keep the grass green a little...
cherry blossom season
Heya friends, Cherry blossom season is in full swing here, which means it’s the perfect time to run around the cherry blossoms and pretend you’re an anime...
of monsters and men
Dear friends, This month has been moving at breakneck speed as work and everything else is hitting the gas pedal. I originally thought about doing a...
january 2022: gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss
Happy New Year! Lunar New Year is on February 1st this year, and as this year is the Year of the Tiger and the tiger is one of the luckier animals on the...
end of 2021 thoughts
Dear friends, Happy Holidays! Though it’s a little early, the holidays are upon us. I’ve started to see messages in group chats and posts about people...
hypereading
Hello friends! The holiday season will soon be upon us, and as usual, I will be taking the perogative to drive the neighbors up the wall starting...
Intro + October Reads
Dear friends, Welcome! This is the first entry on my new blog/newsletter. I’m calling this The Bookcave because if you’ve been to my place, you know I’m...
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