I wrote about what Severance and Lost can teach us about the mechanisms of PTSD and trauma recovery: open.substack.com/pub/ginadwag...

I reached the point (at 3 am today) where I have to admit the piece of writing I’ve been tinkering with for the past few months is actually a novel, and writing it feels urgent and invigorating.

The best writing happens on Black Friday. No one’s contacting you. The house is quiet. And there’s pie.

Does your brain ever reboot an embarrassing memory the minute you wake up? This morning I suddenly recalled the time in 8th grade when my crush kissed me at church youth group… and then I called him later that night to ask for feedback on the kiss (!) and he told me I tasted like Doritos and I

Who do we talk to about making celebrity memoir its own category separate from literary memoir??

I love a clean slate. But also, the idea of rebuilding a platform is 😐