A newsletter about being creative, being stuck, and what to do about it.
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Creepy Poem October // Day 29: HEDGE WITCH
🕷️ IT’S THE PENULTIMATE DAY OF CREEPY POEM OCTOBER! 🕷️
I had a whole plan to read the best Spiderbaby poem today, the one where she figures out how to embrace being a monster, but Mercury Rx had other plans. There was NO WAY to get that...
Creepy Poem October // Day 27: SPIDERBABY PLAYS THE DATING GAME
Welcome back for Day 27 of Creepy Poem October!
I can’t believe we are almost done— I’m really looking forward to sharing my Halloween poem with you in just a few days, and I would love to hear which poem has been your favorite so far. Le...
Creepy Poem October // Day 25: CROW GIRL
It’s time for a Creepy Poem! Welcome back for Day 25 of Creepy Poem October, and another uncollected poem from my current apocalypse prose poem project, lol
It’s a beautiful day today, I taught yoga this morning, I got a fancy latte from...
Creepy Poem October // Day 23: SPIDERBABY
Welcome back! It’s 🕷️ Creepy Poem October 🕷️ Day 23!
Last time I introduced how I’m experimenting with prose poetry; one way that this project is shaping my work is that I’ve been using series of poems to build a larger narrative, kind...
Creepy Poem October // Day 21: SPRING
Welcome back! It’s 🕷️ Creepy Poem October 🕷️ Day 21! As promised, we’re moving to poems that haven’t been collected anywhere, and let me tell you, this project is truly unhinged. I love it.
One of my mentors from my MFA at UW-Madison is...
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I like to say the quiet part loud. Making space to talk about being creative, being stuck, and what to do about it. Creativity isn't science, it's magic.
author of THE FALLS & FEED, writes about writing, mindfulness, and motherhood, co-hosts The Ass in Chair Collective & teaches for the Madwomen in the Attic
obsessed with making space for writing in a busy life & helping you do that, too. newest 📚: THE GOOD MOTHER MYTH, St. Martin's 2025. essays in Slate, Romper & other places. author of Pocket Universe & The Long Devotion: Poets Writing Motherhood.
I'm a neurodivergent writer exploring burnout and sustainable writing. My debut YA novel, Rabbit and Juliet, is out now from Quill Tree Books, a Harper Collins Imprint. My next novel, The Ending You Deserve, comes out in September 2026!
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