Month(s) In Review(s) - June + July 2024

 

Warning: discussions of Depression and pet loss

...OK, doing this as a two-monthly thing is becoming an unintentional habit 😅

The only excuse that I have is that sometimes Depression messes my memory up - and the fact that I entirely (and I mean, entirely,) forgot to write a post for June coincides with some pretty sh**ty mental health days over the past two months.

So, yeah. I'm blaming Depression. And I don't feel bad about that, because it blames me for stuff all the time 😅

Anyway - the past two months have been kind of mixed. 

Mostly because of the mental health issues, y'know?

But also because migraines... and hayfever... and family stuff... oh! And I pulled something in my hip and had to use a walking stick for a while.

Lots of fun in my life. Lol.

And I'm still... just... completely lost without my cat.

He was my everything, and how do you deal with losing everything?

I still cry for him most days, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. I miss him so much. 😢

Luckily, there hasn't been a lot of heat here this summer - but the heat that there has been sucks.

I hate heat. I don't function in heat, I swear. Plus I become very grumpy-socks (to put it very mildly, lol.)

And the thing about heat in the UK is there is no chance to acclimatise - the minute you start to, the weather cools again, until the next time it shoots up four or five degrees Celsius (or more) in the space of 48 hours.

But - I'm still here, still standing, still writing.

And, and, and! Over on Medium in June I made over $90!!!! Which is like $63 once you take the international tax off, because international tax sucks, but there we go.

I don't talk much about my Medium earnings here because this isn't Medium - this is Dora Reads and it's gonna stay that way - but I was excited since that's the most I've earned in a month over there 😊

One poem of mine made over $70 by itself - and you can have the friend-link (which bypasses the paywall,) for that poem, called 'Hi, I-,' here - because I'm a very generous person, dearest nerdlets.

I'm cutting back on blogging in August - something I try to do annually, so it's probably not a surprise at this point.

There will still be the odd blogpost here and there (...this is one, so you probably got that,) but my regular series are all going on break, and the number of posts will be way down on what it usually is.

Comics Wrap-Up will be back on 5th September 2024.

Friday Fics Fix will be back on 6th September 2024.

And Nerd Church will be back on 8th September 2024.

Comics Wrap-Up

The Essence of Venom - Venom 3 & more

I'm Not Complaining - Deadpool & Wolverine & more

I'm All About the Nerd Humour - Batman & more

That Infamy - Madame Web & more

Much the Excited - Deadpool & Wolverine & more

You Can't Just Do These Things - The Umbrella Academy (TUA) & more

Heavy on the Explosions - Captain America: Brave New World & more

That Terrifying Monster Thingy - Deadpool & Wolverine & more

Friday Fics Fix

Consulting With the Little Girl on the Bike - a creative The Umbrella Academy (TUA) continuation fic

Arrowverse Sweetness - Supergirl and The Flash being the best of friends to Oliver Queen

Uncle Sam and Uncle Bucky - sometimes Captain America and his sort-of boyfriend chaperone your prom, you know?

Loki in Slo-Mo With Zero Warning - A continuation fic for the Disney+ Loki series, from the PoV of those left behind at the TVA

I Make No Excuses - Stargate SG-1 Hurt/Comfort with Jack and Daniel, because the emo goblin spaghetti brain gets what the emo goblin spaghetti wants

Out There In The Big Wide World - An extremely well-written Disney+ Loki continuation fic

Spider-Man and the Winter Soldier (...And Some Nuance) - Bucky and Peter friendship, anyone?

Nerd Church

Whatever Else Happens, Trump Is Guilty - And Stormy Daniels rocks

Short Story: Gravel-Crunch - An Anna Sinclair short story written by yours truly

Migraine Trips - Sometimes having migraines is a really trippy experience

I'm So Tired of the General Election

The Writer Diaries: When Is A Writer Not A Writer? - Handmade writing vs AI mass production

Short Story: Unwitnessed - One of my short stories, featuring a moody cold morning and a woman preparing for something big

Sometimes You Need To Take Things Slow - Another one of those times where I give myself a pep talk and then put it on the internet 😅

The Writer Diaries: Writing Through - I kept writing dammit! I kept writing.

You Pick Up Little Pieces Of Yourself - ...scattered throughout the world

Other Posts

Month(s) in Review(s) - April + May 2024

So that was my June and July - how was yours?

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