I finally did a ton of overdue blog work. things like publishing posts, adding images to them, scheduling them in my social media tool. I’d let it go for months and felt awful. It was hanging over me. I can’t say it’s satisfying to have it done cos it is kinda boring work but it […]
Author: Vanessa Smith
Ticking a task box
Ticking a task box I recently completed a task I had been putting off all year so far. I think time turning to May shamed me a bit internally and while shame isn’t exactly an ideal motivator … that’s what did it this time. The task was simple, it was just fixing up […]
When Acute Crushes You
I have no idea where 2022 has gone. A few days ago I was shocked it’s May already and somehow June is racing toward me. In a household of two chronic people there’s always give and take. But we tag team between us and between whatever our fluctuating capacities are. Until acute things […]
Ableist Writing Advice
Ableist Writing Advice Writing is something that can be done in many ways. It can be adapted to many different disabilities. So I was (naively?) shocked when I read some ableist writing advice recently. The advice went along the lines of “creativity is hard and moving around physically helped me so therefor everyone […]
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Career Privilege
Career Privilege When I was job hunting early in 2022 I was involved in a few conversations online recently where people were talking about how only those with a level of privilege can go from one ideal job in their career to the next. What is the privilege? To be clear, the main part […]
Cozy Mystery Conversion Journal 3
Setting brainstorm – one thing I learned from the cozy mystery series I read was that setting felt like a huge part of the narrative. My current thought process is to amalgamate a couple of towns, gives me the convenience of picking and choosing aspects that make the mystery better.
Developing An Art Practice
Years ago I quit a job ahead of time (I was going back to uni) and spent some of my meagre savings (that probably should have gone on rent) on art supplies. Nothing came of it because I couldn’t give myself permission to “waste” and learn. My history with art is … not great. […]
April Creative Contemplations
Project updates: My Fictional Life With Kids: Need to fix up hosting. It’s annoying. Totally Normal Dollhouse: Zero progress since I caught covid. Boo hiss to the plague. This month I was: Reading: All the Cassie Coburn novels. Gaming: Got obsessively into high scores on Mini Metro+ …letting it run for hours to get […]
Switching My Brain Off
Four days. I have four straight days off from my day job, thanks to public holidays. I tell you what, I don’t much like Christianity but I’ll take the public holidays they give me. But already my brain is swapping to “what can I get done?” mode. Why? Why do we do this to […]
Cozy Mystery Conversion Journal 2
Cozy Mystery Conversion Journal 2 I accidentally skipped a book in the cozy mystery series I’m reading…. and learned you can see some gaps but it doesn’t matter too much.