The Western Door

Guardian, vol 3, pg 58

I don’t know what it is about summer but I find it’s a time I crave horror. I saw in a book somewhere something about the idea of scary things to chill the blood in the heat of summer and it’s kind of stuck with me. All this to say, this show was exactly what I was craving. And the episodes seem to all be under 40 minutes and there’s only 12 so it’s a satisfyingly snappy watch.

In a nutshell: students at a retreat are pulled into a game of mafia with deadly consequences

Sort of like: if The Traitors was real and featured high school kids; Battle Royale; Re(member)

Reminder to do something good for yourself today!

This has been a weirdly hard week with a lot of stress and anxiety, so today’s plan is to try to set myself right. It’ll be a chance to make sure my spaces feel comfortable and set up for the coming week. So laundry and tidying.

Motivation to write this project has been in short supply lately and I think it might be that the well is dry. This fic goes outside my wheelhouse of knowledge and so as I’ve been writing it’s a lot of second guessing and tentative steps—especially as I’ve got to a part where I actually need so more info.

So today’s task is filling the well. It’s a holiday here, so the cat and I are going to rewatch Ace of the Diamond (Sawamura is really my inspo for Simon in the fic) and maybe watch some actual baseball. If I have to. I guess.

Hope any and all who are writing this month are having an easier time getting words out. Lmk about your motivation (or lack thereof). And lmk if you’d like to be tagged in my fic write along posts.

“Alright, Snow and Pitch, you’re paired off today.”

Simon’s head snapped up from where he’d been staring at the scuffed ground to look at Davy.

“Coach, what? Why…?” The words stumbled out of Simon’s mouth.

“Now that Pitch has agreed to behave, he’s back into the first string. No sense in having our best catcher on the bench if we don’t need to.”

Just a reminder while working on projects to take some time to look after yourself!

A while ago someone from my art group sent a video about the idea of creating a menu for self care. I find it really easy to forget about things i could do that would make me feel better and so this idea has really worked for me. The idea is you can have options arranged by what need should be met.

I’m hoping a day of recharging will set me up for some good writing tomorrow.

(Below is my latest menu)