Blog Posts

  • 2022 Writing round up

    or ‘here’s what you might have missed’ As it’s the time to be doing ‘round ups’ I figured why not corral some of my favourite pieces from this year into one post? I’ve not written as much this year as previously in the form of articles and blogs, but there are still a few I’m…

  • It's ok to be a weird family at Christmas

    Or ‘no I’m not seeing family this Christmas and that’s ok actually’ Yesterday, during a rant about people who are excessively ‘Christmassy,’ and obsessed with ‘family time’  my mother looked me dead in the face and said;  ‘Yes, but you don’t have any family.’  Thanks for reading Queer Notebook ! Subscribe for free to receive…

  • Not standing still, lying in wait

    or rejections 2022. So another year, another set of rejections. I’ve been logging them for three years now. For those unfamiliar, I do the ‘Rejection Pot’ idea, where I put a bit of money aside for every rejection and spend it at the end of the year. I always start with high hopes of logging…

  • On feeling 'not enough'

    or November and end of year anxiety or is it apathy? creeping in. It’s been a ‘sad penguin’ sort of week for various reasons. And maybe this year’s wider ‘Sad Penguin-ness’ is another post too. But I realised last week that November feels pretty ‘meh’ as a month. Made me think not end-of-year panic but…

  • Places I've cried in Montreal

    or you can go home again. In this blog I write about Montreal, which sits on the lands of the Kanienʼkehá꞉ka (Mohawk) and Ho-de-no-sau-nee-ga (Haudenosaunee) please take some time to read about them and why Land Acknoledgement is important. Thanks for reading Queer Notebook ! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my…