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"I write. That's how I enter the world." -Aaron Sorkin

Welcome to my chaotic, desperate, slightly pretentious mind. This site is where my obsessive workaholism and lack of consistent creative outlet combine to bring you the latest queer intersectional feminist propaganda (in the form of several genres of writing.) Hopefully something tickles your fancy.

Welcome to “of Wit and Whiskey” (Or: Why I Write)

“Our stories are medicine” -Kevin Loring. I’ve been thinking about those words since I read them following the Canadian Government’s decision to provide zero dollars for the inaugural Indigenous Theatre season at the National Arts Centre, (while we’re on the subject, I encourage you to read Kevin’s statement, and Kim…Continue reading “Welcome to “of Wit and Whiskey” (Or: Why I Write)”

Memoir

This Queer Body

Fair warning for this one: I talk about my body a lot. If you know me and would feel weird seeing me do let’s say a fairly explicit sex scene…

The Tide

Are there fights we will never stop having? Is part of making a life with someone learning how to live with the rough edges that will never stop scratching at…

Ramblings and Shenanigans

Truth is a cleansing fire

I'm not entirely sure what this is, but I think it's one of my favourite things I've ever written. Truth craves the air, like electricity craves the earth. It will…

Snowed In

We've been having a hell of a snow-dump the last two days here in Prince George, and I couldn't resist the spooky potential of being trapped by the elements. I…

Promises

CW: reference to opioid OD Erin struggled with the zipper on her jacket. It refused to to zip farther than the first inch. She tugged and pulled and swore. “Christ.…

Tío Wilson

CW: Fatal domestic violence, dead body I sat down to write this morning knowing it had been a while. 5 or 6 days, I thought. But the document I keep…

Lost

Department stores are creepy. There's a Hudson's Bay near my house, and if I'm going to or from the stores past it, it's way faster to walk through than around.…

“A not horny elevator”

3 Dec 20213 Dec 2021

You know when you step into the elevator of your building and run into the older guy your husband might be having an affair with who might also be a…

A Death in the Building

2 Dec 202118 Dec 2021

Usually, I do the bulk of my writing in the morning. Early, quiet morning especially. But this is some nighttime writing. Maybe I'll keep track and see if there's any…

Believer

1 Dec 202118 Dec 2021

So far, everything I've posted related to Haunted Apartment (the most boring working title in history, I know) has been fully improvised when I sit down to write. Since the…