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Feel free to give the coupon to someone else if you don't want (or already had) a copy of Maybe Zombies. It's only good until July 21, and the more readers, the better!
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How are all of you this fine July? I'm quite exhausted. I think it's the weather and the garden work - this week I moved several cubic tons of dirt from a container across the yard. I also moved some rocks.
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Always eager to hear from patrons, so please do reach out and say hello :)
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Maybe I'm worried
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First things first – did I already tell you that I finished writing Maybe Zombies? Who wants to give me feedback? Read it cover to cover and tell me what I missed? Tell me what needs work? What should I put on MaybeZombies.com (it's currently a redirect)? Who knows a literary agent? Who can help me take the next step? I want to publish this one...
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This week I spent a lot of time in my garden. I made a green gazpacho, which was excellent. And I was thinking about the Climate Emergency. I'm mood swinging pretty extravagantly on the issue. On the one hand, we are smart and capable. We just have to ACT. I feel hopeful. On the other, the supreme stupid of climate deniers, who happen to be in power in a lot of places, is going to cause a human rights crisis. We're not acting. I feel utter despair.
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And I feel guilt. Despite being socially and ecologically conscious to the point that my entire career has been in the non-profit space, I feel a kind of survivors guilt. Because we aren't doing enough (do more, please, convenience has costs), and it's bad.
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Reading this piece on (not) colonizing the future, I was wondering how many of my actions and decisions in life have been the equivalent. What I think is right isn't necessarily what others think is right, so if I act on those values am I not colonizing someone else's experience?
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Maybe I'm a flâneur
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This is inaccurate. You can be both at the same time...
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Aaron Davis included a definition of flâneur in this post. I really like combination categorizations. I've long thought of myself as a multipotentialite, generalist, T-shaped and/or (on days when I'm feeling overly self confident), a polymath. It took a long time to get comfortable with this as our world is built around specialization, just image search generalist and see how that makes you feel
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“If you’re not taking out the trash, it’s not a willpower problem; it’s a design problem. Don’t beat yourself up, just redesign it.”
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Maybe I need help?
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We all need help, the climate emergency is real. I also need help with taking Maybe Zombies the next step. I don't have experience in traditional publishing, and I think this one should be in an airport near you. If you have ideas, hit reply or maybe you want to
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