I took off my soaked rain coat and said, “you likin’ the raaaaaiiin girl?” To myself.

The Barnes & Noble person was like “you must like literary fiction”
And I felt like I was being discovered in a mall.

After I finished the first draft of my novel, I bought 4 books as a treat to myself.
Worry - Alexandra Tanner
Thirst for Salt - @madelainelucas.bsky.social
Rejection - @tonytula.com
Small Things Like These - Claire Keegan
3 morning writing club recs. 1 impulse buy.

I wrote a novel! And I did it by writing 1-2 hours every morning for 90 days. Repetition is a form of change.