to do
This is an ever-changing list of what I’m working on at the moment, fed by my professional work & weekly letter and grouped by my fascination with the seasons & their cultural influences.
pending: make art once the papers are done with
Hallowe’en, until the day before Yule: 31 October - 19 December
- finish Resident Evil
- send and attend book spa - honesty
- finish flanagan’s work
- Physical responses to physical responses: Anxiety is a fast heart, shallow breath, and nausea. Depression is exhaustion, a choked throat, and inhumanly long pauses. To have physical responses prepared, then, when physical reactions start to bloom, seems worth exploring: lavender oil, intense exercise, CBD, cuddling the cat — these are some of my own.
- modern-day gods & saints to call upon. wise chats
- set a routine for checking MUBI
- start studying George Saunders’ Story Club on Substack, as well as his book A Swim in the Pond in the Rain
- How to Read a Novel and How to Read a Poem are a couple of free online FutureLearn short courses from the universities of Edinburgh & York.
- get my next tattoo: cup of stars or spinning-top
- book 1-to-1 session with Rachael for short story review
- update website pages: me, writing, and work (shift the focus to what hats I wear first, rather than who I’ve worn them for)
- read Diane Setterfield’s work, then prepare an interview to pitch to her
- writing challenge: tell a story about a haunted house
- watch this full interview with David Foster Wallace
one week in Tunisia, 21-29 October
subscribe to digital LRB & TLS memberships
list: set up on Trello the Little White Lies 100 Best Films of the 80s / of the 90s, and start working my way through them all using current subscriptions, a random number generator
publish nine of that & this letter
writing challenge: write the first draft of a story without names about something forgotten, to remove loaded assumptions & create space for empathy
Mabon, until the day before Hallowe’en: 23 September - 30 October
create this to do page & give the website a quick, autumnal clean
publish five, six, seven, eight, ten of that & this letter
introduce planned time to do nothing and write that & this
Lammas, until the day before Mabon: 1 August - 22 September 2022