It’s Day 3 of the St. Nell’s writer residency in Williamsport, PA, and I’m having a very nice time. I have Chicken with me and we’re staying with two other women in a lovely little house that is drafty but sweet. I chose the smallest room for when I feel like I need to hide. I’m a performative introvert - I will showboat hard for a few hours, then withdraw, then emerge and repeat. If I don’t have time to withdraw I get very depressed. But I have also been known to get depressed while hiding…….🤔……so……I guess what I’m trying to say is……………..I HAVE DEPRESSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyways like I said, it’s lovely here. Besides my own room I even have a small office with like, a divan lounge chair thing???? And a secretary desk. In the mornings I drag Chicken’s bed into the office then at night I drag it back to our room. Tonight is my turn to cook; I am making bolognese.
I’ve also been WRITING and you’ll eventually see all of that. But today I have A Selection From Me for my paid subs. We haven’t done one of these in a while! To refresh your memory, for $5/month (or $55/year) you are entitled to ASFM bonus content every Friday. But as always, free pieces come out Mondays for all to read.
NB: I’ve been experimenting with a new sign-off. Instead of “best,” or “warm wishes,” or even “thanks so much!”, I’ve started ending every communication with a respectable “I’m in love with you.” This is especially interesting to employ in correspondence with strangers. The Quality Development guy training me for my new transcription job has gotten a lot of notes from me like this:
Alright, that’s enough for now. Enjoy today’s ASFM where I go into detail about some of the stuff I’ve been getting up to here at St. Nell’s, as well as a weekly curation of CONTENT I’ve been ENJOYING.
I’m in love with you.
-Simone
P.S. I started watching Twin Peaks finally 😈