My Side Piece

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The votes are in! Our next My Side Plot book is Funny Story by Emily Henry 📚 I'm heading on vacation this Wednesday, and this feels like the perfect, lighthearted read to bring to the beach 🏝 Read along on Fable and Substack (links in bio) 💌 #b
What do Banksy and I have in common? 🤝 If you said “having an important piece of work cut into scraps,” congratulations! My picture book, Lorelei is officially going out of print and into the waste bin 🫠 Call me a notebook because I
Found this on tumblr (vibes), and it perfectly articulates what writing feels like to me ✍️ Also cicadas are cool as hell 🪲
This week I’ve been ✨overwhelmed✨ and my writing suffered. No matter how long I stared at my notebook, this draft, or the wall, I couldn’t focus. So, today's post is a list of all the essays I thought about (and didn't) write - featurin
On seasonal depression, wrestlemania fashion, and the power of getting dressed 💕 Read today's essay on substack right now 💌
The votes are in! Our next My Side Plot book is Talking At Night by Claire Daverley 📚 I've heard this book is for fans of One Day (Netflix) and Normal People (Salley Rooney), of which I am both 👏 Read along on Fable and Substack (links in bio) ?
My Q1 in books! 13 titles, 5209 pages, and a newfound addiction to StoryGraph 📊 Hit me with your recs, opinions, and reading stats!📚 #bookstagram #q1inbooks
Today's essay is live! Every so often I hear a phrase that rattles me to my core. Something so cataclysmic that it lodges itself into my everyday vernacular. Something so profound that I can’t help but quote it given the opportunity. Some