I spent the morning wrangling this little one and rushing to get myself ready before my husband’s office hours started. Now I have two-ish hours of uninterrupted writing time. This quiet lull between ten and noon is sacred to me. instagram.com/p/CIgIjz8gT61/

I realized yesterday that I’ve outgrown my bookshelves. Oh well, guess it’s time to build more. 😉 instagram.com/p/CMKwu4NgRXS/

Normalize not giving advice.

There isn't a woman I know who's not had some form of rotten experience with a man. So whilst it may not be *every* man, it IS every woman, and THAT speaks volumes.

consider my gast flabbered

Feeling burned out, might go live in the depths of an old forest where I do nothing but sing nonsense and gather water lilies and free the occasional traveler from grumpy trees

Why can't we just eat pancakes for every meal and have it be all we need? I think evolution failed us.

*quietly eats to do list*

Can someone take my husband on a tour of our house and show him where everything is?

the fact that we exist in the same world as things like the northern lights and humpback whales and libraries is nothing short of a miracle; I never take any of it for granted

why do writers continue to attempt sentences when jane austen already wrote the perfect one: “if I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more”

Can we pause time and take a nap? Asking for everyone.

Reminding myself that the process is important. Although it feels like I’m stuck in a holding pattern, I’m not in the same place I was yesterday. Things are shifting and progressing even when it seems like they’re standing still. #writerlyaffirmations instagram.com/p/CaIWiAQvysA/

it’s important to have a hobby together as a couple, like reading or painting or murdering the king of scotland

My favourite hobby is staring hopelessly at the mountain of books I have bought and wondering which book I should read first.