Shenaneries | October 2024

October is here! And so is an actual issue of my newsletter, Shenaneries.

Last month I had to take a break from practically everything. And boy-howdy was that needed. This month, however, I’m back.

The biggest thing is a story that happened to me in October 14th. That was only a couple of weeks ago. And I’m trying out both the written word and video. And sure, you could read it HERE. Or you could read it on my Tumblr page. Or watch me read it out loud in nature (below).

I also wanted to make a video about my burnout, which you can optionally check out below.

Thank you once again for being patient with me and my burnout. I am getting back to writing and hope to create some content just for you (dear reader) whenever this comes out. And I hope to experiment more with this digital platform and what a zine can do as far as entertainment and relaying information to an audience.

Please be safe today! For next month, please join me in national novel writing month*. I’ve created a new outline (said every writer ever) and will be playing catchup on my goal of 90K words.

* This is not going to be abbreviated to NaNoWriMo except for here, and for this explanation. The company that began the novel writing month competition has been a dumpster fire since last year and I don’t want to create any sort of relation to them.

Shenaneries | July 2024

Welcome to Issue 2 of Shenaneries!

I have more this month to offer. But if all you want is to read and see what else I’ve cobbled together, the newsletter is below. Otherwise, see what else I have below.

In the rest of the blog post I have: a copy of my newsletter, a first draft (be warned) of a short film screenplay, a couple of experimental videos, and credits.



I’ve been working on this script for a little while now. It’s something I developed earlier this year. I should really start talking about it in a future issue, but right now the big idea is that it focuses on grief. First drafts have always been a source of anxiety for me for many reasons. But I’m putting my work out there day one now. There’s no better way to become a better writer than to ask for feedback – though as you know from the newsletter, I’m trying to be more specific now.

Grief, a short film | version 1.0


One of two videos in this little experiment. Nothing too exciting this time around. But maybe next time...


credits

In the newsletter I mention several people. But I cannot provide links within the PDF (not yet, anyway). So below is the list of people who provided ideas or photos.

Maggie Stiefvater, writer | website

Vanessa Parham | Instagram

Percival Kish, writer | coined the term Character Blender