I feel so close to getting done with this draft . . . but my word count tells me I have a couple of weeks […]
A Series of Decisions
A novel is a series of decisionsThat’s the hard partThat’s the slogThe deciding, scene by sceneBut . . .There comes a pointWhere you’ve made all […]
One Year Later
Today marks one year. I pulled up to my new place in my car (his name is Keith, he’s still here) with my mom, two […]
Well Spent
Another writing update on a nonwriting update day but I had such a beautiful time at the Writing Center today. A whole 5,000 words of […]
Queer Freedom
A podcast episode that made me cry. May we lay more elegant ideas around our children’s necks. God damn. With Love, Natalie
Ghost Made Visible
I wrote an angryStuttering poemBut then I rememberedThat just becauseI got something out of meDoesn’t meanIt needs to pierce someone else So here’s is a […]
Any Way the Wind Blows
Any Way the Wind Blows released yesterday. This is the third and final book in the Simon Snow trilogy by Rainbow Rowell. Carry On was […]
Writing Update: On Track
The goal is to have the trash draft (draft zero, draft just get some words on the page and fix it later) complete by the […]
59 Books
Halfway through the year means halfway through my reading challenge! I set it at 100 books this year and am a little ahead of schedule. […]
Fireworks
It’s like we were inside the fireworksThey shot directly over our headsBoomed and scattered across the nightTrails of golden light . . . trails of […]