C. Anne

It’s Hamas
It’s antifa
It’s Soros
It’s terrorism
It’s…
It’s…

It’s Americans who will be peacefully marching with signs and supporting democracy—and don’t want a King.

#WeAreTheMajority
And they know it.

Yesterday and today I wrote for thirty minutes in a side project. I don’t know if it’s a short story, a novella, or something else. It’s not my typical genre, but I’m enjoying the layers and playing with it. So I’m glad I’m working with it.

Shoutout to everyone who reminded us this week how much the world hates happy successful women. Keep whining: we happy successful women will be out here living joyful and spending energy in spaces where we receive fabulous return.

Dancing Leaves & Spiced Coffees October's Plan to Play.

My most recent writing Substack

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a little girl wearing sunglasses and a blue dress is dancing in a hallway . ALT: a little girl wearing sunglasses and a blue dress is dancing in a hallway .

I have arrived!

three women dressed as witches are standing around a cauldron filled with smoke . ALT: three women dressed as witches are standing around a cauldron filled with smoke .

I just threw a bunch of vegetables in with broth and lentils and made magic. Without a recipe? Am I a witch now?

You can fire every person who says the Emperor is wearing no clothes, but silencing them won’t make the emperor any less naked.

I would like so much more chocolate.

“I just fundamentally believe that the best way to honor someone is with the truth of them.” The Dark King, The Magicians

My dog wearing a blanket like a cape.

The world needs more good girls this week.

It’s ok to put the phone down.

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a light brown and white newfoundland pup lays on a hardwood floor and looks up at the camera with soft blue eyes. his head is entirely brown, along with most of his back, but his front legs and chest are white, as is the back half of his tail. he is incredibly fluffy, we cannot overstate how plush he looks.

This is Oliver. He's perhaps the most huggable dog we've ever seen. And we've seen maybe the most dogs out of everybody. 14/10 (IG: oliver.the.newfie)

We have taken to listening to Bach non-stop — not because it is the best music to write gothic fiction to but because she has been extra bark at the clouds this week and my nervous system can’t take it and Bach seems to leave her like this. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Finally jumped on the summer I turned pretty train although sometimes I’m not sure why, I only like Jeremiah consistently and Laurel’s storyline in S2 is hitting a little close to home 😭

I was so worried with that video. Concerned dog should be concerned!

My 13 yo: I find book dedications boring but I like this one.

Me: what if I dedicate a book to you? Will you still find it boring.

Him: Yes.

Me: That’s the dedication then, “to W, who finds book dedications boring.”

Wait for it... 😊

No one.

Anyway, the length of my TBR is definitely promoting me taking a strong look at the story around page 60 - like, if I realize I don't really care what happens to these characters, we're going to let their story live in other people's minds, and we're going to move on.

Characters can be fun and likable and interesting, plot synopsis can be engaging, the writing can be perfectly acceptable, and I can just not be that interested in it -- and that's okay. Someone else likely does love this story and I'm glad they do. But I don't have an obligation to finish it.

Considering the length of my TBR I am trying to be better about allowing myself DNF books. I think it always feels like such a rejection, but it's okay for something to just not be FOR ME?

How can you not write? The importance of stories and writing and showing up for them.

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I SURVIVED READING BANNED BOOKS ALL I GOT WAS SMARTER AND MORE EMPATHETIC

🙂

Back in the American Narrative Thoughts from an American Weekend.

I'm trying to better about actually posting things I write - this took me a week past writing to get posted, but I'm still posting it because present over perfect.

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Stack of c. 1960s suspense paperbacks including Mary Stewart’s Wildfire at Midnight with a woman in a coat at the top of a hill with burning fires and a large house in the background.

On a perfectly frank note, I’ve often bemoaned the fact that my cover will not be the women in gowns running from houses pulp vibes I want cause we don’t do that anymore.

I now stand corrected. Dear future publisher, please see this and make all my dreams come true.

Every once in a while a book comes up on NetGalley that is just an instant smash request, add to TBR so I don’t forget it if it gets denied, etc. this book is one of those books.

The vibes on this are just gorgeous. I keep thinking, I should put it away, and then I just keep reading.

Today’s goal: to write/edit. All told I probably did at least three hours of it, despite some challenges. I didn’t get all the way through the first section like I wanted, I think partially because I was weaving and mixing in the scenes I wrote during the #1000WordsOfSummer, but I did a lot.

kermit the frog is typing on a typewriter . Alt: kermit the frog is typing on a typewriter .

Ended up taking a long weekend writing break because Monday hit very Monday somehow, but 1047 words today and completed a full rewrite of the penultimate chapter despite serious grass allergies trying to bludgeon my brain. Whew.