Kieren Alderling
alderling.com
Kieren Alderling
@alderling.com
Canadian writer and artist. Lover of weird fiction, horror, gothic romance, and SFF. Ghosts and demons; magic and cyberpunk. He/him.
That's my reading from the book. The "playing god" interpretation always seemed like a stretch to me.
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The problem isn't writing. Writing is a joy.

Writing is also work, even if you're not getting paid for it. Hitting the limits of your physical and mental ability to deal with the world extends to the things that you love to do. Learn when to give yourself a break.
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I feel that perhaps I should specify that I only enjoy rewriting history when we're talking about actual time displacement fiction and not everyday rhetoric that implores us to forget the past.
November 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Where else is it going to go?
November 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
They got you with those back feet, huh?
November 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Oh, awesome! I've been trying out Manic Panic again, but it fades *so* fast. Have you tried out any of their other colours?
November 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
November 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Hm, and if you're young and existing almost anywhere without spending money... that's called loitering.
November 1, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Thank you so much!
October 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Sounds like they've never seen a Del Toro movie, either
October 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Absolutely! That's a fantastic feeling!!
October 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
My brain is caught by the red wheel that one cannot break but can be broken upon and made into an agent of pain, but only really if you neglect the task in front of you, give up, for one is meant to walk the path despite its struggles, because that's what life is until it isn't anymore

[happy sigh]
October 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM