Journal

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New Summer Job

Just some updates on my new job.

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Balancing School, Work, and Writing

After being unemployed for much of the summer, I finally have a job! But how will it stack with writing, school, and life in general?

Writing

Looking Back, October

I had a successful first newsletter promo with Bookfunnel, I finished editing my book, and finalized the cover!

Journal

Life Goes On

I’m still being paid by my job until the end of July, and then I get my severance pay. I’m taking this time to relax and focus more on my Kindle Vellas and WIPs.

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Closing Time

Well, it's official! My last day of work came earlier than expected, on Wednesday. There was too much dust flying around the store.

Kindle Vella

Que Sera Sera

I settled on a title and cover for my upcoming Kindle Vella, about a con artist mage and their giant spider companion.

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What About Your Friends?

I personally don't see what all the hype is about, and don't really incorporate it into my own work. I feel like an outlier, in that my protagonists don't often have friends, and of the ones who do, they aren't always platonic.

Health

Living with Compulsive Counting and OCD

Originally written before I was diagnosed with autism, I go into detail about an old habit of mine.

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Friendship Only Exacerbates My Loneliness

I stopped getting invited to things long before that, but I still had other “friends” and groups to keep me entertained. But even those friends and groups started to fall off, leaving me with the empty shell that was once my main friend group.

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It's Not About "Pride"

My issues stem more from our mother, who both physically and emotionally abused us. Thankfully the former wasn't so often; I had to adapt and make myself smaller to avoid her anger, but the beatings never worked on my brother.

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Pushing Through It

My confidence has gone up a lot recently, and I truly believe I can shed the pounds by summer. I’m excited to wear my old clothes again, but that also means I’ll have to go shopping, which I’m less enthused for…

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Labels and Micro Labels

I see the value in it for sure, I just personally don't want to fill my bio with a long list of both personal and what I consider to be private details.