I started this newsletter at the beginning of 2018 and have been creating it consistently for two years now. It’s been nice to look back each month and take stock of the things I’ve accomplished. It’s also created a sense of structure to my creative work and helped me manage and maintain goals.
My creative goals at the beginning of 2019 were to create zines of my art every month and to work on my writing more seriously and get more fiction published. I didn’t get any fiction published this year but I did join a few writing groups and wrote a lot. This year has been more about learning to better edit my own work and getting a wide range of critique. I hope to write and submit even more in 2020.
My artwork was featured at two group shows, Blueberries and The Night of One Thousand Cocks, both at Public Pool Gallery in Hamtramck, MI
Here are my top nine posts on instagram this year.
Here are my top ten posts on tumblr this year.
See all my creative work from 2019 on here.
I read quite a few books this year. Some I liked more than others but I would recommend all of these.
non fiction 16
genre fiction 12
graphic novel 21
literary fiction 10
poetry 2
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
No-Nonsense Buddhism For Beginners by Noah Rasheta
Mody Dick Graphic Novel by Herman Melville and Christophe Chaboute
Theft by Finding by David Sedaris
Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
Jane by Aline Brish McKenna and Ramon Perez
Trespassing on Einstein’s Lawn by Amanda Gefter
Assimilated Cuban’s Guide to Quantum Santeria by Hernandez, Carlos
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Made Simple by Seth J. Gillihan
The Devil and the Deep Edited by Ellen Datlow
Luna Station Quarterly Issue 037 by Luna Station Quarterly Authors
Dear Fahrenheit 451-A Librarian’s Love Letters and Breakup Notes to the Books in Her Life by Annie Spence
Two Old Women by Velma Wallis
Poison by Kathryn Harrison
Best Horror of the Year Vol ten edited by Ellen Datlow
Life on Earth Book 1: Losing the Girl by MariNaomi
Life on Earth Book 2: Gravity by MariNaomi
Fiction Writing by Helena Smith
The Provocative Colette by Annie Goetzinger illustrated by Annie Goetzinger
Beginnings, Middles & Ends by Nancy Kress
How to Write Fiction Without the Fuss by Lucy McCarraher
Mrs. Vargas and the Dead Naturalist by Kathleen Alcalá
Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo
Herding Cats: A Sarah’s Scribbles Collection by Sarah Andersen
Portugal by Cyril Pedrosa
Sweet Tooth Vol. 1: Out Of The Deep Woods by Jeff Lemire
Lady Killers by Tori Telfer
Luna Station Issue 038 by various authors
The Day of the Locust by Nathanal West
Tor.Com Short Fiction: March – April 2019 by various authors
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Bunk by Kevin Young
My Life in France by Julia Child and Alex Prud’homme
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
The Unsound by Cullen Bunn
Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia E. Butler
Dropped Names by Frank Langella
From Now On: Short Comic Tales Of The Fantastic by Malachi Ward
Her Body And Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
The Bearer of Crazed and Venomous Fangs by Vincent DiMarco
Herding Cats: A Sarah’s Scribbles Collection by Sarah Andersen
Girl Town by Carolyn Nowak
Oh No by Alex Norris
Quiet Girl in a Noisy World: An Introvert’s Story by Debbie Tung
Reason for Hope by Jane Goodall, Phillip Berman
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
The Book of Onions by Jake Thompson
Dream Work by Mary Oliver
Not Funny Ha-Ha by Leah Hayes
The Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana Headley read by Susan Bennett
Bury the Lede by Gaby Dunn illustrated by Claire Roe
The Man Who Came Down the Attic Stairs by Celine Loup
Jim Henson’s Storyteller: Witches 1-4 by Jim Henson, Matthew Dow Smith, Jeff Stokely, Kyla Vanderklugt illustrated by Matthew Dow Smith, Jeff Stokely, Kyla Vanderklugt, S. M. Vidaurri”
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh
Contagion by Katherine MacLean
Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough
Be Everything at Once by Dami Lee
Breaking Into Freelance Illustration by Holly DeWolf
I Moved to Los Angles to be in Animation by Natalie Nourigat