We’re still trying for this, right?
Read moreReview: A Memory Called Empire
Arkady Martine’s A Memory Called Empire teaches us that here is no safe world behind the flowers, no protection from the light of the sun, and only rarely beauty behind the flowing lines of poetry.
Read moreWriting as Work
In which Justin X. M. Corriss reflects on that other great reason to write. Because it’s fun, right?
Read moreA Non-Comprehensive List of Every Stupid Thing I've Done Because I am Scared of Bees and Wasps
Number fourteen will shock you!
Read moreOn Progress, Productivity, and Self-Worth
Sometimes growth is tearing something down, moving it around, finding a new path… Life’s your story. Write it however you wish.
Read moreMy First Painting (That I Bought)
Whatever she feels that makes her play the trumpet at night, I know I’ve felt it too.
Read moreDavid Robinson, 1967-2021
Uncle David was nothing if not larger than life (and if you had ever seen him, you would understand just how significant a compliment this is).
Read moreMy Book's on Goodreads!?
Reflections on my first large, independent creative endeavor upon A Place I Have Never Been ascending to Goodreads!
Read moreApril Haikus!
My favorite selections from Justin Corriss’ @jxmc575 attempted daily haikus!
Read moreBe Good, Not Just Great
Life’s in the balance, and the reality of a lost year, if one still wants to think about it like that, is contrasted with the knowledge of (hopefully) many more.
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