Friday, 21 February 2025

Another Life/Blogging Update

candle




(CW: death)



Hi everyone —

My mother passed away last week.

Thanks to everyone who’s been so supportive the last few months, it really means a lot.

I will get back to doing more on here and on Medium — although possibly the social interaction side of things is going to take a lot longer — but for now it’s just… awful.

Hope you’re having a better 2025 than I am.



Thursday, 30 January 2025

Life/Blogging Update (...Again)

 

Cracked window


Cards on the table time: I have no idea when I'll be able to get back to my regular blog series.

I'm hoping to put out the odd post here and there, but I honestly can't guarantee anything for the foreseeable future.


My mother is dying.

My mental health is terrible.


I don't know if/when I'll be able to put the time and effort in that I want to.

This is not me giving up blogging - I don't think that's ever going to happen at this point. 

This is me saying that things are going to be sporadic around Dora Reads, my Medium account, and my socials, for a long time to come, so apologies for not being great at the whole social interaction thing for a while.



Tuesday, 7 January 2025

Life/Blogging Update + Updated Blogging Schedule

 


OK, so... life continues to be tough AF for yours truly.

So while I fully intended to bring my regular series (Comics Wrap-Up, Friday Fics Fix, Nerd Church,) back in January, for my own mental health and ability to use my free time for such luxurious things as sleeping and eating, that's not going to happen.

I'm tentatively aiming to bring them back in February, but honestly the way my life is right now, we all could have been hit by a meteor by then.

Still, I'll keep you updated when I can!

Look after yourselves, and remember to shelter from meteors... somehow.

Tuesday, 24 December 2024

Life/Blogging Update


Sorry if I've been a bit absent lately - I've had some major family stress and it's taken a massive toll on my mental health.

Will get back to things slowly... when I can, anyway.

I'm still in the middle of a situation or two and trying to take things easy right now.

Take care everyone.

Friday, 29 November 2024

Friday Fics Fix - A Time-Loop Rec-List

 


...ironically, I thought I'd already done a rec-list on time-loops. I had not. 😅


Title: F3. Background: kaleidoscopic patterns


I'm actually not a huge fan of time-loop fics.

If you don't know what a time-loop is - think Groundhog Day, or Happy Death Day, OK? OK.


In order for me to like it, a time-loop fic usually has to have a little something quirky to it - otherwise I get bored.

...So these aren't likely to be straight-forward, just a head's up!

Thursday, 28 November 2024

Sunday, 24 November 2024

Nerd Church - The Writer Diaries: Let Me Romanticise Writing, Dammit!

 


Title: Let Me Romanticise Writing, Dammit!


Every now and then, out there on the Interwebs, I come across someone who disapproves of the 'romanticisation' of writing.

To them, writing is a career, a job, an occupation. Maybe they enjoy it, maybe they're good at it, but there's no fire in them that compels them to write.