Chris Brecheen

Writing and Falling (Writers in Love) Ah, love.The sweet caress of twilight. The magic in the air. Mental synchronization so amazing that you finish each other’s… sandwiches. And, of course, that complete torpedo of vasopressin, adrenaline, dopamine, and oxytocin straight to your ability to sit down, sit still, and have a coherent thought.

Writing and Falling (Writers in Love)

Ah, love.The sweet caress of twilight. The magic in the air. Mental synchronization so amazing that you finish each other’s… sandwiches. And, of course, that complete torpedo of vasopressin, adrenaline, dopamine, and oxytocin straight to your ability to sit…

The News is a Little EXTRA Tough for Some of Us [CN: Mention of sexual assault. R*pe.] Hi, folks, I think it might be Thursday before you see this officially, but I've been writing it for most of Wednesday while Pam Bondi memes drift up my Facebook feed with a disturbing regularity.

The News is a Little EXTRA Tough for Some of Us

[CN: Mention of sexual assault. R*pe.] Hi, folks, I think it might be Thursday before you see this officially, but I've been writing it for most of Wednesday while Pam Bondi memes drift up my Facebook feed with a disturbing regularity.

Control What People See When They Search Me —Mission Statement (1 of 3) Note: The events spoken of in this article are nearly 20 years past. What has happened within publishing since then has cemented many changes that were predicted. People will do web searches on your name as soon as you are in the public sphere. Make sure they find something worth finding. It was my second-to-last semester when I heard the best advice of my entire writing program…

People will do web searches on your name as soon as you are in the public sphere. Make sure they find something worth finding.

It was my second-to-last semester when I heard the best advice of my entire writing program…

Where The Heck Have I Been? (A “breakup” and a move.) I didn’t give up writing these last two months. And I haven’t been fighting rabid lemurs. I’ve just been going through a lot. I’ll tell you all about it… Well, okay, I’ll tell you about some of it. Some of it is not my story to tell. Some of it is just Rashomon interpretations of the same story. It’s pointless to lay blame and unfair, given the size of this platform, to tell my side of the “my side/her side” things.

I didn’t give up writing these last two months. And I haven’t been fighting rabid lemurs. I’ve just been going through a lot. I’ll tell you all about it…

Well, okay, I’ll tell you about some of it.

A Word About Unverified Personal Gnosis (UPG) I’m about to start writing about The Morrigan again as we tick up our content here at The Cookie Crumbles. And I need to add a very special word about Unverified Personal Gnosis.

A Word About Unverified Personal Gnosis (UPG)

I’m about to start writing about The Morrigan again as we tick up our content here at The Cookie Crumbles. And I need to add a very special word about Unverified Personal Gnosis.

The Last Day Folks, I'm sorry it's come to this, but I have no choice. Like most, I can no longer ignore the effects of inflation. I held off as long as I could, knowing that the economic future was—at best—rocky and mercurial. But I have succumbed as well to the rising cost of everything. I have to retire my $3 Patreon tier. …

Folks, I'm sorry it's come to this, but I have no choice. Like most, I can no longer ignore the effects of inflation…

Five Ways Writing Is More Like Driving Than You Think Driving cars and writing. Totally different things right? Stephen King might be able to compare the process of character based writing to driving in the fog, but there's no way driving could be a ridiculously awesome extended metaphor for writing is there? Well, buckle up. Because yes there is.

Five Ways Writing Is More Like Driving Than You Think

Driving cars and writing. Totally different things right? Stephen King might be able to compare the process of character based writing to driving in the fog, but there's no way driving could be a ridiculously awesome extended metaphor for…

Democrats are NOT Just As Bad” “Dems are just as bad,” they say. You’re going to hear this a lot more in the next two years.

Democrats are NOT Just As Bad”

“Dems are just as bad,” they say. You’re going to hear this a lot more in the next two years.

Would You Ever Date Someone Monogamous? (F.A.Q.) OR Would Someone Polyamorous Ever Date Someone Who Wasn't Question: If someone non-monogamous wanted to date a monogamous person, would they consider it? Would YOU consider it?  Short Answer: Not really. Unless you’re asking me out. But then, actually, probably not. Unless…  👀 Longer Answer: Okay, so it turns out that this is a place where there’s like a 99% answer, and then a brilliant rainbow of nuance in that 1%, so I’m going to drill down a little…(read on)

On a bit of a polyamory kick lately.

Question: If someone non-monogamous wanted to date a monogamous person, would they consider it? Would YOU consider it? 

Short Answer: Not really. Unless you’re asking me out. But then, actually, probably

Coming Soon (The Spirit of Blogust) Blogust is an idea… a concept. It's not just an actual time. You can have Blogust in September. You can have winter Blogust. What's important is that you hold Blogust close to your heart. —Chris Cookie, probably

Coming Soon (The Spirit of Blogust)

Blogust is an idea… a concept. It's not just an actual time. You can have Blogust in September. You can have winter Blogust. What's important is that you hold Blogust close to your heart. —Chris Cookie, probably

My Uncle Died—in Memoriam My uncle died on the night of September 8th.

My uncle died on the night of September 8th.

Every Day is a Winding Road… And I’m Going Too Fast (Personal Update)

For everything my stepfather was terrible about—and occasionally even abusive he was actually pretty decent at these little Pez-dispenser bits of wisdom.

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One of the refrains I see when fascism rises is that “at least the art will be great.” Like everything else is going to suck for millions, and people are literally going to die, but at least we'll get some good albums and novels…

https://chriscookie.com/2025/09/05/but-the-art-will-be-great-right/

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It’s been a few years, but it’s time to renew a time-honored tradition of perhaps the worst play on words imaginable. (Except for maybe the joke about going to the dentist at 2:30 [tooth-hurty].) What once was a major annual undertaking…

https://chriscookie.com/2025/09/03/blogust-in-september/

Blogust in September It’s been a few years, but it’s time to renew a time-honored tradition of perhaps the worst play on words imaginable. (Except for maybe the joke about going to the dentist at 2:30 [tooth-hurty].) W…

chriscookie.com/2025/09/03/b...

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It’s been a few years, but it’s time to renew a time-honored tradition of perhaps the worst play on words imaginable. (Except for maybe the joke about going to the dentist at 2:30 [tooth-hurty].) What once was a major annual undertaking…

https://chriscookie.com/2025/09/03/blogust-in-september/

What Can We Do? A Hierarchy of 20 Ways to Fight Fascism The Internet is teeming with (often great) advice, but it’s all blobbed together. You get advice like “don’t comply in advance” in the same listicle as “learn gritty survival skills involving bowie kn...

From taking your meds to threesomes to becoming ungovernable. This is the answer to "What can we do?"

I'm gearing up for "Blogust" but the first posts won't be ready until tomorrow. So in the meantime, here's something that is just getting more and more relevant every day.

Best of June from Facebook A collection of the most shared posts from My Public Facebook Page. I do a lot of writing there at the moment. So I use a compilation (with some revision and editing) to fill a post once or twice a month.

Be warned. Political thought ahead. Not for the tenderoni who can't handle issues in their writing memes.

Libraries vs. “Pay Authors”… Wait. WHAT?? Either these people dropping these comments don’t know how libraries work, or they don’t know what a company like Amazon does to make money off the efforts of writers. Fortunately, punching holes in this kind of shit is just exactly my wheelhouse, as long as folks let me put on my snarkiest cestus before my pugilism of ignorance-bashing begins. Also my sweatshop-calibre-overworked metaphors.

Libraries vs. “Pay Authors”… Wait. WHAT??

Either these people dropping these comments don’t know how libraries work, or they don’t know what a company like Amazon does to make money off the efforts of writers. Fortunately, punching holes in this kind of shit is just exactly my wheelhouse, as long…

The Nine Habits of Highly Effective Writers These are the brass tacks. The bare bones. The pulsing core of effective writing habits. Not opinions, style guides, prose advice, tricks, individual process, or the exaltation of a past generation’s language and culture, but the things that all effective writers have in common throughout the ages and across the world. These are things that every effective writer swears by. The things they all have in common with such predictable ubiquity as to be almost universal.

The Nine Habits of Highly Effective Writers

These are the brass tacks. The bare bones. The pulsing core of effective writing habits. Not opinions, style guides, prose advice, tricks, individual process, or the exaltation of a past generation’s language and culture, but the things that all…

The A to Zen of The Writer’s Life A while back, I saw a poster called “A to Zen of Life.” It had “Dalai Lama” written across it in cursive, so I know it was totally legit. (Even though he is also attributed with writing Einstein quotes. Of course, none of them were about writing, so I had to come up with my own list. Avoid negative people and habits, but don't confuse people who make you feel bad about negative habits with negative people, for those who call shenanigans on your shenanigans are more valuable than gold.

The A to Zen of The Writer’s Life

A while back, I saw a poster called “A to Zen of Life.” It had “Dalai Lama” written across it in cursive, so I know it was totally legit. (Even though he is also attributed with writing Einstein quotes. Of course, none of them were about writing, so I had to come…

The Cardboard Drawers Will Save Us

I see a lot of writers do this. They fixate on something like their new desk or their ergonomic keyboard, their new writing program that organizes their chapters for them

1-What’s with this blog you post to every day.

That's the whole reason this social media outreach is here at all: to get a few extra eyeballs (and maybe the occasional fan) on that blog…er…this blog. If it weren't for this blog, and the traffic that FB brings here, I would hang up all these puns…

Why polyamory? Isn’t one person enough? Why would you want to do non-monogamy? Is this just a slick way to cheat? Why? But why polyamory? Why this poly thing? Why? Wherefore aren’t thou monogamous? Dost thou have trouble with commitment? What’s with the polyamory thing? Why? WHY???

The Eighteen Rules of Writing 1- Great writing involves great risk—the risk of terrible writing. Writing that involves no risk is merely forgettable—utterly. 2- When you fail—and you will totally fucking fail—don’t fail to learn. Then you can't really fail at all. That's the best way to approach writing… and life.

If there could be said to be any "rules" at all, here are 18 of them coving grammar, risk, revision, and more.

What Can We Do? A Hierarchy of 20 Ways to Fight Fascism The Internet is teeming with (often great) advice, but it’s all blobbed together. You get advice like “don’t comply in advance” in the same listicle as “learn gritty survival skills involving bowie kn...

Hi all.

This post went viral. That requires some additional behind-the-scenes labor on my part. But it's winding down.

Be back in the saddle soon. Got a "Why Polyamory" post that should be ready tomorrow or Friday.

Woo Filter: Disclaimers & Rules Part of this blog is leaning into a series about my exploits.  It’s about being an atheist in a growing existential crisis. It’s about a goddess I’d never heard of in a pantheon I…

Part of this blog is leaning into a series about being a priest of a pagan practice. About about a goddess I’d never heard of in a pantheon I was unaware of suddenly being in every dream I had.

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The very best posts of the last week on my public Facebook profile (and maybe a few from way back or that I just really liked).

https://chriscookie.com/2025/05/08/thursday-throwback-the-best-of-the-week-on-facebook/

No, not at all. That’s why I’m here share away.

The Weaponization of Magick in Toxic Positivity A gratitude practice isn't going to polyana someone through chronic illness…injury…systematic injustice….or even just a REALLY bad time in their life.

The Weaponization of Magick in Toxic Positivity

A gratitude practice isn't going to polyana someone through chronic illness…injury…systematic injustice….or even just a REALLY bad time in their life.