Fifteen Minutes of Scrawl

In 2023, I wrote  "15 topics I could make a podcast about"  by my friend suggested recently I do a post on topics I'd discuss on a podcast. I took that to mean topics that could be good to interview me about.  Being a child of an alcoholic Growing up with divorced parents Struggling with body image Living abroad for grad school Doing communications for higher ed Working well with editorial associates and editors in publishing Brainstorming creative ideas for indie bookstores Improving from absolute beginner DM to somewhat comfortable DM Getting the most out of a D&D campaign either as a player or as a DM Recognizing when you do not just experience anxiety at times, but need to seek help for your anxiety Identifying when you are not just sad, you are depressed Encouraging folks to seek therapy as well as meds as a possible addition to therapy Finding ways to get back into reading Uncovering inspiration in unexpected places Developing a habit of writing daily (Prompt by...

Time for bracket 1, episode 2! Oh wow, I forgot this had been Dawn's first time in the top I love Mystique giving a pep talk to Lucky I am glad Mystique is getting a point, but like I said before, queens should give Morphine their points A'Keria is correct that Morphine deserves lots of points Okay so everyone has at least one point Glad that A'Keria clocked what Morphine said about her point Wait, I need to see more of Ru's shoes cause right now the tiny bit we do see is reminding me of Darlene's shoes that Michelle hated I disagree with Morgan, I feel like having a big butt makes it more difficult to get the underwear on Lol that Ru just called the challenge a tie so everyone could move on with their day Oop Dawn snatched the piano bar right from Morphine A "hairless duck" with "no feathers" is a hilarious sound bite I love that Lucky demands a dictionary Dawn, you are rubbing it in Morphine's face I'm a Mystique fan Did Ru get that fly...

In case you missed it, "[f]or the first time in more than 100 years, a bald eagle has been born inside the city’s limits" ! Accordingly, there is a naming competition for the eaglet and folks "are invited to submit three name options [in this form] by May 15" ! So, I'm going to brainstorm 15 and (hopefully) narrow to my top 3 to submit! Da Bird The Beak by Anest Kaprey IL Flag Justification Opesprey O'Beakma Operah Wingfrey Jane Talons Gwendolyn Beaks Daniel Birdham Roger Eaglet Eyrie Gygax Birds Terkel Stephen Colbird Tina Prey Birdie Mac (Prompt by me) "Party of four" by Lesley~B . Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic . NB: These are not the bald eagles in Chicago. If you'd like to see a photo of the ones in Chicago, check out "It’s an Eaglet, Or 2! Chicago Celebrates First Bald Eagles Born in City in More Than 100 Years" by Patty Wetli .

Season premiere/bracket 1, episode 1!  The patches on Ru and Michelle's jumpsuits are fun Morphine Love Dion as a ladybug is so beautiful I'm so glad Lucky Starzzz is back because we did not get enough of her on her season (and her look is just ART) I almost didn't recognize Mystique Summers, but wow glad to have her back (and looking great)! I was expecting Morgan McMichaels's look to have a Ruveal I remember really enjoying Dawn on her original season and this look is pretty fun A'Keria C. Davenport's look is ethereal and immaculate Aha so only 2 queens from each bracket will move forward Lucky is a bit intense I mean, I'd be nervous if I was Mystique or Morgan cause I'd feel like the producers put us int he same bracket together cause they wanted to get our story done without having to advance us I do agree with Mystique that you need charisma for every challenge, but this challenge seems to require some dancing (and other specific) skills So glad Mor...

Can you believe this is post 2801?  Wow, it's been over 7 years! I like my current balance of listicle and longer form post I do have a goal to continue my cryptid novel and to make more time for that I also want to dedicate more time to my podcast idea ( Don't Name Your Kid After Me ) I'm always in want of prompts, so please send me some (especially listicles!) I know I can see how many people read each post, but I rarely think to do it so I actually often forget that people actually read my posts That's not to say I don't appreciate you for reading--I really do appreciate you! It just means I am sometimes surprised when folks comment on a post because with the volume of posts I do, I genuinely forget that folks engage with any I want to try some more creative prompts (are there any new kinds of challenges I can take on?) At times I've considered doing posts less frequently, but I think if I don't aim for posting every day, it becomes too easy to put it off...

Okay, I've finally started writing the novel that I did some stream of consciousness posts about ( "Stream of consciousness about a novel idea I have, part 1" ,  "Stream of consciousness about a novel idea I have, part 2" , and  "Stream of consciousness about a novel idea I have, part 3" ). Now, I want to keep it unpublished, but I also want credit for working on it (lol). So, with that in mind, I'll do a post like this when I've worked on it for a bit, and you can shoot me a message if you'd like access to the Google doc.  NB: While there will be multiple posts in this vein, I will not link them to each other because the text will remain the same, so linking to part 1 from part 2 (etc.) won't yield any new information. Photo by  Bernd 📷 Dittrich  on  Unsplash