I'm reading The Hero of a Thousand Faces right now. It's a book I was first exposed to in High School. I took an elective English class called Mythology, and my teacher talked a lot about the book, the collective unconscious, the "monomyth," and the Hero's Journey....

I am SO. CLOSE. Two chapters away. Maybe three. The manuscript is at 98,000 words. It's finally, finally coming together. Still work to do, for sure. This rewrite will be a beast, methinks...but it's coming together. What needs to be fixed, and how, is getting...

First thought: what the balls is happening in this photo??? 😂 K. Moving on. Le Sigh. Today was better. Things felt less like they were exploding, falling apart, and otherwise changing forever. Which, to be clear, was always hyperbole. They weren't actually...