I can't figure out if every business is struggling with their online storefront this holiday season since everybody's shopping online these days, or if I, personally, am just cursed to continually order things that failed to be marked "out of stock" by a software glitch

so far as I've been able to gather, my accent as an L2 speaker of French is something like: "definitely not from around here. native speaker of something germanic maybe???" I get pegged as a Dutch or German speaker a lot, and people are always shocked to learn that I'm American

I know that Kentish Town is a real neighborhood of London but it just REALLY sounds like it ought to be a cute destination in a Zelda game

for no reason in particular I have just been reminded of the time when we were discussing our hobbies in ASL class and I intended to tell everyone that I like to bake, but instead I confidently signed "I like to be born"

I also love surprising people with the difference between: who do you wanna invite to the party tonight? vs. *who do you wanna go to the party tonight?

my new year's resolution is to read one (1) sff short story or novelette every day in 2023, so naturally I've done The New Year's Resolution Thing and read eleven (11) stories in the past twenty-four hours ...sustainable habits? what are those?

my favorite part of this is the one angel who's variously poking/pointing/waving hi in each of the depictions

I know I'm two years late but I'm finally getting into Hades and I only have three words to say about it: Thanatos my beloved

oh this is so fun but so hard City I dislike: Los Angeles City I think is overrated: Prague City I like: maybe Rome City I love: Hong Kong City I feel most myself in: Chicago City I still need to visit: Singapore City I dream of living in: London Favorite city of all time: Paris

upon the reveal that a D&D character who had introduced himself as a wizard had, in fact, been a warlock all along: "that explains how he managed to pass my charisma save.......no wizard would EVER"

Continuing a big couple of days of writing announcements, I am thrilled to share that my SECOND ever short story sale will be appearing in the first issue of Heartlines Spec this February!

EXCUSE ME

when I taught in France, my students approached me every single day of the entire school year and said, "Hello!!! What's your name?"

absolutely devastated to discover that Tamora Pierce's Circle of Magic books have gone out of print, mine have been read so many times the bindings are falling apart and I wanted to buy new ones to cherish forever I would give SO much money for special editions (Scholastic 👀)

my sister gifted me an aeropress for christmas and I thought I would use it to make the occasional bougie "latte" but oops! I've developed a coffee habit! I don't even react to caffeine I just really like the routine of it!

look at the perfect sunshiney yellow for the most perfect necromancer to ever exist Saint Death's Herald coming out two days before my birthday is already the best present I cannot WAIT