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The Little Things In Life
Since I’ve started this blog, I’ve gone from being a student, to a graduate, to a wife, to a student again, and then a mother. Time has been taken up by new responsibilities and new duties and new lessons. Finding time for the things I enjoy has been difficult. But if one doesn’t try and find that time, one’s mental health can and will suffer, as I found out the hard way. What do you do then? How do you carve out time without feeling guilty for shying away from responsibilities? For me, it’s about finding the little things that bring joy. Yes, sometimes big things are also encouraged. Once…
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On Representation & Writing
Many years ago – about the time I started university, before I started this blog – I began to write a story based on Roman mythology. At the time, it seemed there were so many Greek mythology inspired novels out there that in order to stand out, Roman mythology was my only alternative. It never even occurred to me that perhaps Indian mythology, something I had grown up with, something so intrinsically tied to my culture and identity, was something I could write. Seems a little sad to think about, doesn’t it? Maybe that’s why despite having entire character arcs and plots planned, I could never write more than disconnected…
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Of Retellings & Reimaginings
I think it comes as no surprise to anyone who has been a visitor to my blog that I am fond of retellings and reimaginings of well-known tales. Fairytales, myths, even popular movies or books – if there’s a retelling, I’d like to hear about it. But over the years I’ll admit to being more selective when it comes to reading them. There has to be a draw to them, and for a while I couldn’t figure out what it was. These books are diverse and chockful of well-written representation, I would think. They’re playing with tropes I enjoy, they’re making the original story more fleshed out. Still, they would…
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CONTENT CREATION EPILOGUE: The Consistency Conundrum
I’ve written a little about spreading oneself too thin, across multiple platforms, and trying to keep active on all of them at a regular – and fast-paced – schedule. What works for me personally seems to be the opposite of what multiple blogs I’ve read advise. CONTENT CREATION 101: Commit To What You CreateCONTENT CREATION 102: Find Your Own “Write Drunk, Edit Sober”CONTENT CREATION 103: The First Draft Is For YouCONTENT CREATION INTERLUDE: The Procrastination ProblemCONTENT CREATION 201: Believe In Your MessageCONTENT CREATION 202: Compare Only To YourselfCONTENT CREATION 203: ‘One Size Fits All’ Does Not ApplyCONTENT CREATION INTERLUDE: Imposter SyndromeCONTENT CREATION 301: Burnout HappensCONTENT CREATION 302: Know Your AudienceCONTENT…
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CONTENT CREATION 303: The Thing About Social Media
No matter which platform you create content on, in this time and age having a social media presence is necessary. This is an unfortunate effect of the way things are – of the fact that you are a personality, a brand, and you need to market yourself online in order to bring in your audience. CONTENT CREATION 101: Commit To What You CreateCONTENT CREATION 102: Find Your Own “Write Drunk, Edit Sober”CONTENT CREATION 103: The First Draft Is For YouCONTENT CREATION INTERLUDE: The Procrastination ProblemCONTENT CREATION 201: Believe In Your MessageCONTENT CREATION 202: Compare Only To YourselfCONTENT CREATION 203: ‘One Size Fits All’ Does Not ApplyCONTENT CREATION INTERLUDE: Imposter SyndromeCONTENT…
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CONTENT CREATION 302: Know Your Audience
Most content creation advice blogs start with this topic. Especially if you plan on monetising your content. However, I’ve been approaching this series as someone who wants to encourage creativity for creativity’s sake. CONTENT CREATION 101: Commit To What You CreateCONTENT CREATION 102: Find Your Own “Write Drunk, Edit Sober”CONTENT CREATION 103: The First Draft Is For YouCONTENT CREATION INTERLUDE: The Procrastination ProblemCONTENT CREATION 201: Believe In Your MessageCONTENT CREATION 202: Compare Only To YourselfCONTENT CREATION 203: ‘One Size Fits All’ Does Not ApplyCONTENT CREATION INTERLUDE: Imposter SyndromeCONTENT CREATION 301: Burnout Happens The thing is, it’s not always feasible to create content for creativity’s sake. I know that well. Sometimes…
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CONTENT CREATION 301: Burnout Happens
I honestly did not think I would find more things I wanted to share about content creation but recently, I started thinking again about how I approach it. So even as I create stories and art and share them with the world, I wanted to be honest with myself and with others. CONTENT CREATION 101: Commit To What You CreateCONTENT CREATION 102: Find Your Own “Write Drunk, Edit Sober”CONTENT CREATION 103: The First Draft Is For YouCONTENT CREATION INTERLUDE: The Procrastination ProblemCONTENT CREATION 201: Believe In Your MessageCONTENT CREATION 202: Compare Only To YourselfCONTENT CREATION 203: ‘One Size Fits All’ Does Not ApplyCONTENT CREATION INTERLUDE: Imposter Syndrome The fact is…
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About Fandom Discourse
The full title of this post was actually going to be ‘About Fandom Discourse and Why I Try To Avoid It’. So while I’ve cut that down for the graphic and header, I will basically only be talking about fandom discourse as it pertains to arguments with people primarily on Tumblr which is the platform I am most active on. Specifically discourse in the fandoms I’m a little more active in. The biggest thing I’ve noticed about fandom discourse is that many times – most of the time – people rarely argue in good faith. When I say people, I mean those people who will jump on (usually correctly tagged)…
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A Lookback: Ko-fi 2022
Yes, I do realise this is a very similar post to the recent My Ko-fi Journey I put up at the end of December. This is absolutely not me avoiding the blog post I wanted to write but was unable to figure out the words for. No sirree. (Except it absolutely is, and fingers crossed I can actually articulate what I wanted to about internet discourse for that post to go up in a couple of weeks.) As you may know from my last post, in 2022, I managed to stay pretty active on Ko-fi. By keeping to a manageable schedule – three times a week – and breaking things…
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5 Tips For Planning A Kid’s Party
We recently celebrated kiddo number two’s second birthday. In the past few years, we’ve had to figure out ways to make the day special for the kiddos, a way for them to enjoy the day. Even now that things have opened up again, it is still a learning curve to making sure their special day is one they spend happily. Since I’ve started having to plan children’s birthdays, I’ve learned a few tips and tricks that I try to implement to make the time leading up to the big day easy for everyone. A way to ensure that the kiddos – both mine and any invited (or spent with) are…