Aaryn Hale

I heard about #HotNovelSummer *very* late in the game and I might not be able to finish a full draft in the rest of the time allotted, but I’m gonna try!

Day One:

I’ll check it out, thanks!

This is the first I’ve heard of it, but I was planning to do a writing sprint today 👀

Reflecting on Pride Month 2025 It's been a month — Let's look back.

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New Post on my Substack, Shouting From The Void. Check it out!

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Writing in the shower with my Notes App is my go to trick. It takes the edge off and lets the creativity flow, rather than thinking of it as Serious Writing.

Usually after a few minutes I can get out and switch to a laptop, or least sit down.

Why I Refuse To Change Or Censor Myself There are many suggestions and tips when it comes to creating a successful online presence as a creator. Most of it seems to come down to casting a wide net, and refusing to step on any feathers.

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Check out the rest of my new article for free on my Substack, Shouting From The Void.

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My Phone is Broken - Now What? What do you do when your options lie somewhere between dumping your up-until-now Life's Work, or posting it all for the World to see?

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Read the whole article now on my Substack, Shouting From The Void by Aaryn Hale.

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English muffin pizzas are the only acceptable way to eat that crumpet (derogatory)

I submitted 7 poems and a handful of photos yesterday to a couple of magazines. Here’s hoping 🤞🏻

As someone disabled in childhood, watching people who used to say “I’d kill myself if I had to live like you,” then avoid taking even minor precautions to avoid such a fate has been *wild*.

Fuck yeah, congrats

How Do You Break Up With a Friend? Friendships are often some of the longest relationships you will ever have, yet unlike romantic partnerships there is little advice to be found on the trials and pitfalls of navigating them.

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“Loving someone is never a waste when it opens you up to worlds in areas of yourself previously found barren.”

In my newest Substack article I discuss what it was like to end a friendship of over twenty years.

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I wrote a poetry collection. God That Sucked is an ongoing release at godthatsucked.substack.com.

God That Sucked explores topics of grief, depression, and healing while coming to terms with gender, sexuality, and religion in a tumultuous time.

You should read it.

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July 10, 2025 - What a Tree Can Be

#photography #trees #nature #flowers #mailbox #books #witch #coffee

DISASTER [EXERCISE] IN PROGRESS

#photography #stainedglass #oversaturation #highsaturation #blackshoes #mallworld #unreality

“The author of course viewed his two close friends as brothers.”

They’re fucking in front of him while he avidly watches from two feet away. People should not be allowed to review books if they’re going to be so obtuse.

Unembarrassed Longing by Aaryn Hale

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At that point, Gods, Kings, and ChatBots all start to look the same.

More importantly, would you notice?

Thinking is a skill, a muscle, something that must be trained and looked after. It degrades without use. Who is benefiting from a public so burnt out and fried they seek anyone to come make their choices for them?

The right loves to claim they’re free thinkers who do their own research. Meanwhile their research is so often alt-right echo chambers citing falsified studies.

Now what happens when you start loaning out your thinking to the corporations who benefit from that? Do you think it will change you?

If you can’t make a grocery list without AI, you need help from other humans, not from Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos’ mouthpiece. Corporations getting paid by grocers to shill their products to you at a mark up for the sake of ease will never have your best interest.

Are you bettering yourself when you allow chatbots to dictate your every choice in life? Do you seek freedom and absolution in any form, so desperate for others to make a choice for you?

“Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.”

-Frank Herbert, Dune

Getting real tired of people asking me, an artist, why I hate AI so much. Since the art argument isn’t breaking through, I’ll leave a quote here instead

I made a #Labubu Mug Basket for my sister’s birthday.

Fun Fact: Drinking Water, Eating Regularly, Sleeping at Least 8hrs a Night, and Reducing Stress When Possible do actually improve chronic illness symptoms!

Crazy, I know. I thought it was like those rumors about milk making you tall, or coffee making you short. (Do lattes neutralize that?)