Here it comes again. The overwhelming stress. The crash in motivation. The inner seething. The jaw gritting to keep from screaming. The self-hatred. The sheer rage at how useless I am. I fricking hate it, but how do you combat…
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My Bubbly-Sweet Paranoid Schizophrenic Friend
No, that title is NOT a euphemism for my paranoid OCD! I really do have a friend who has been officially diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia since she was 28 and has agreed to do an interview! So Sunday night, right,…
People are Pockets of Light
Incoming philosophical sh*t! Be warned! So I was running through the park, right? [No, no admirers were chasing me down–or detractors; I just get a kick out of running up and down the park for two hours sometimes. It bewilders…
What makes a fantasy romance dark?
So Imma be honest: I don’t get what people think is ‘dark’ romance, specifically dark fantasy romance. Like I get told I write f*cked up heroes and love interests even though, you know, they read pretty fine to me. [Don’t…
The people across the way
I suppose it started when I was vacuuming in my underwear. I have no curtains, and the people who live in the building across the street have a direct view into my room. I have ever fewer f*cks to give…
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Diary of a Paranoid Obsessive-Compulsive
Let me take you on a tour of a troubled brain, exhibited in random shreds of scheduled blog posts that I never published, polished to their maddest sheen. April 10, 2019 [I Can’t Have Beautiful Things] I can’t have beautiful…
A long time ago, I ran away to Prague…
A long time ago, I ran away to Prague. Why? Didn’t I have a good life where I was? I’m going to tell you. I promised it to my newsletter subscribers, after all – to answer this question: “When and…
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In Every Corner of Prague…
I live in a fascinatingly chimeric city. In every corner of Prague, you’ll find something unusual, something a little…skewed. I’m going to share a few pictures here – don’t expect anything much [you can never get the *really* good stuff…
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Finding Hope in a Hopeless World
January 1, 2020 For the entirety of last year, I buried my living, breathing lungs in the slowly desiccating heart of our earth. It was a year of rage and tears, paralysis and rot. I burrowed into the loam not…
Put Your Changelings Here
Near the Square of Peace in Prague (Náměstí Míru), there’s a so-called ‘baby box’ for women to put babies they would otherwise abandon on the street. Presumably, the child will be taken in and cared for – a much better…
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