Filling a void with a cuter void.
The Bloggessby thebloggess·1d ago
So last week Victor and Hailey and I went to socialize feral shelter kittens and the kittens were all like, “fuck you guys” and hid but there was this lanky, black teenage cat who was like, “PICK...
Retirement home living but for cats
The Bloggessby thebloggess·26d ago
If you follow me on instagram you may have already seen this, but just in case you don’t…Rolly has been having a really hard time with the new kitten (who is now larger than the dog and has no clue...
Have you read these?
The Bloggessby thebloggess·3 Sept 2026
I owe you an apology because I am very behind on writing my wrap-ups of what I’ve read lately but I’m coming out of a depression and my energy is slowly coming back.
I spoke at the Library of Congress and I’m pretty sure they asked me as a mistake but I’m so glad they did.
The Bloggessby thebloggess·28 Aug 2026
A week ago I was in Washington DC for the National Book Festival and I somehow got asked to be one of the five speakers at the opening ceremony in the actual Library of Congress.
Fire nipples
The Bloggessby thebloggess·11 Aug 2026
My eyes have decided to stop working in low-light so I bought this necklace thing that has little flashlights at the end so I could use it for reading and doing art and last night I thought that it...
Oh, there I am.
The Bloggessby thebloggess·29 Jul 2026
So there’s this strange thing that happens to me where when I’m in a depression it literally affects my sight.
Sometimes I disappear even to myself
The Bloggessby thebloggess·27 Jul 2026
So if you are a very close follower of mine you probably noticed that I disappeared here for over a week, which I don’t think I’ve ever done before.
Not how I expected my morning to go
The Bloggessby thebloggess·15 Jul 2026
So this morning I had to get up early for a doctors appointment but instead of my alarm I woke up to an incredibly loud IMMINENT THREAT flood warning and so it gave me an excuse to just go back to...
a little broken
The Bloggessby thebloggess·12 Jul 2026
I’m writing this now bc I don’t ever want to go a week without blogging even if -like now- I’m fighting off a depression that makes me feel more than slightly worthless.
Get in the bitch dumpster.
The Bloggessby thebloggess·3 Jul 2026
My brain has stopped working this week so please enjoy this assortment of things that brought me joy and laughter: - I drove past this and had to stop to take a picture because “GET IN THE BITCH...
If you got an email from me asking you for money, no you didn’t.
The Bloggessby thebloggess·23 Jun 2026
Argh. There are a ton of scams going around in the literary world right now (and I know because I get at least 10 a week myself) but one of the latest scams is coming from someone pretending to be...
In his defense, it was a pretty good book.
The Bloggessby thebloggess·11 Jun 2026
I fell asleep reading a book and woke up to the sound of orange chaos: In Purrsy Bysshe Shelley’s defense, I think we’ve all wanted to crawl into a book after devouring it.
Let’s hang out tonight together in bed. Your bed. But I’ll just be there electronically. This sounds weird. Hold on. Let me explain…
The Bloggessby thebloggess·29 May 2026
So! Lots to share because I am forever behind but first, tonight I’m doing a free zoom book tour stop through Nowhere where I’ll be reading HOW TO BE OKAY WHEN NOTHING IS OKAY and we ran out spots...
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