arielle 🦇
@ariellemdevito.bsky.social
writer, seamstress, freelance editor, theatre worker. philadelphia.
aspiring to become a mouse with a tiny helmet and sword 🐁 🗡️
aspiring to become a mouse with a tiny helmet and sword 🐁 🗡️
week 8, day 6:
i've fallen slightly behind, but not irrecoverably. today i finished chapter 22, meaning that if i'm able to keep up a pace of 2 chapters per week i'll still get finished in time.
i've fallen slightly behind, but not irrecoverably. today i finished chapter 22, meaning that if i'm able to keep up a pace of 2 chapters per week i'll still get finished in time.
September 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
week 8, day 6:
i've fallen slightly behind, but not irrecoverably. today i finished chapter 22, meaning that if i'm able to keep up a pace of 2 chapters per week i'll still get finished in time.
i've fallen slightly behind, but not irrecoverably. today i finished chapter 22, meaning that if i'm able to keep up a pace of 2 chapters per week i'll still get finished in time.
week 7, day 1 (yesterday):
was visiting in-laws for the holiday, but got some work done at lovely little bookstore. not progress on chapters, but some necessary restructuring inspired by my writing group's critique of the last 10 chapters on sunday (a reminder that i need & love my writing group)
was visiting in-laws for the holiday, but got some work done at lovely little bookstore. not progress on chapters, but some necessary restructuring inspired by my writing group's critique of the last 10 chapters on sunday (a reminder that i need & love my writing group)
September 3, 2025 at 1:22 AM
week 7, day 1 (yesterday):
was visiting in-laws for the holiday, but got some work done at lovely little bookstore. not progress on chapters, but some necessary restructuring inspired by my writing group's critique of the last 10 chapters on sunday (a reminder that i need & love my writing group)
was visiting in-laws for the holiday, but got some work done at lovely little bookstore. not progress on chapters, but some necessary restructuring inspired by my writing group's critique of the last 10 chapters on sunday (a reminder that i need & love my writing group)
week 6(😨), day 6:
i was caught up in a great lassitude for a week and could not make myself write, so now i am very behind. but this morning i was up at 5 AM for some time in the woods squirrel spotting, and i had my notebook with me, and in the down moments i wrote the second half of chapter 21.
i was caught up in a great lassitude for a week and could not make myself write, so now i am very behind. but this morning i was up at 5 AM for some time in the woods squirrel spotting, and i had my notebook with me, and in the down moments i wrote the second half of chapter 21.
August 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
week 6(😨), day 6:
i was caught up in a great lassitude for a week and could not make myself write, so now i am very behind. but this morning i was up at 5 AM for some time in the woods squirrel spotting, and i had my notebook with me, and in the down moments i wrote the second half of chapter 21.
i was caught up in a great lassitude for a week and could not make myself write, so now i am very behind. but this morning i was up at 5 AM for some time in the woods squirrel spotting, and i had my notebook with me, and in the down moments i wrote the second half of chapter 21.
week 5, day 5:
the weather is so beautiful i had to spend the morning writing in the park, and got maybe a quarter of the way through chapter 21!
the weather is so beautiful i had to spend the morning writing in the park, and got maybe a quarter of the way through chapter 21!
August 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
week 5, day 5:
the weather is so beautiful i had to spend the morning writing in the park, and got maybe a quarter of the way through chapter 21!
the weather is so beautiful i had to spend the morning writing in the park, and got maybe a quarter of the way through chapter 21!
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A great resource! This is also a very accessible work by Ojibwe & Black geographer Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles - www.societyandspace.org/articles/the...
The Settler Logics of (Outer) Space
In this essay, I position the logics of settler colonialism and the logics of space exploration dominion over both space on earth, and interplanetary space at the expense of Indigenous peoples. I then...
www.societyandspace.org
August 22, 2025 at 4:34 AM
A great resource! This is also a very accessible work by Ojibwe & Black geographer Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles - www.societyandspace.org/articles/the...
& they were right!
August 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
& they were right!
week 5, day 4:
a milestone today!
i hit the halfway point (at least plot wise—the second "half" may actually be a bit longer). after almost a year stuck at 20k words, i'm very relieved that things are moving forward now.
on to chapter 21 tomorrow, on the other side of the fulcrum...
a milestone today!
i hit the halfway point (at least plot wise—the second "half" may actually be a bit longer). after almost a year stuck at 20k words, i'm very relieved that things are moving forward now.
on to chapter 21 tomorrow, on the other side of the fulcrum...
August 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
week 5, day 4:
a milestone today!
i hit the halfway point (at least plot wise—the second "half" may actually be a bit longer). after almost a year stuck at 20k words, i'm very relieved that things are moving forward now.
on to chapter 21 tomorrow, on the other side of the fulcrum...
a milestone today!
i hit the halfway point (at least plot wise—the second "half" may actually be a bit longer). after almost a year stuck at 20k words, i'm very relieved that things are moving forward now.
on to chapter 21 tomorrow, on the other side of the fulcrum...
week 5, day 2: sandwich & writing during my lunch break.
goal is to finish chapters 20 (still ominous) and 21 this week.
goal is to finish chapters 20 (still ominous) and 21 this week.
August 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
week 5, day 2: sandwich & writing during my lunch break.
goal is to finish chapters 20 (still ominous) and 21 this week.
goal is to finish chapters 20 (still ominous) and 21 this week.
Reposted by arielle 🦇
To be an author, you must write. There is no way around or under. There is no cheating the devils in your hand or the ones in your head. You change the blank page and be changed by it. If you are not doing that, then why are you even here?
August 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
To be an author, you must write. There is no way around or under. There is no cheating the devils in your hand or the ones in your head. You change the blank page and be changed by it. If you are not doing that, then why are you even here?
week 4, day 7 (aka yesterday):
was less successful at prioritizing writing this week, so i didn't manage to finish ch 20—but i did get started on it, at my favourite train station café
was less successful at prioritizing writing this week, so i didn't manage to finish ch 20—but i did get started on it, at my favourite train station café
August 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
week 4, day 7 (aka yesterday):
was less successful at prioritizing writing this week, so i didn't manage to finish ch 20—but i did get started on it, at my favourite train station café
was less successful at prioritizing writing this week, so i didn't manage to finish ch 20—but i did get started on it, at my favourite train station café
Reposted by arielle 🦇
All of this is to say, that I know QueryManager gives a lot of stats and data to querying authors now and while it's useful information, don't spend too much time trying to decipher the data. Each agent tackles their query inbox differently.
August 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
All of this is to say, that I know QueryManager gives a lot of stats and data to querying authors now and while it's useful information, don't spend too much time trying to decipher the data. Each agent tackles their query inbox differently.