Kameron Is Creating

July 12, 2026

I always, always sign off my posts with an expression of gratitude for anyone who might be reading. I think that’s really important, both because I want to honor the folks taking the time to read my ramblings, and because gratitude is an important practice in my life. So, I thought I’d share a few other things I’m grateful for these days:

My dog, Peggy Sue. She’s the sweetest thing. Enjoying looking at the picture of her I added.

Ellipsus, a new writing software I’ve discovered that doesn’t use your writing to train gen-AI. Radical.

My wonderful partner and our roommate, who are both always there to cheer me up.

And, of course, all of you.

Much love and gratitude. I really mean it.

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July 11, 2026

I’m not usually an affirmation person. Generally speaking, I find them kind of corny. But, every now and then, I stumble across run that really works for me, like this one:

I define my own standard of excellence.

Excellence is one of my core values, so that is a standard I am holding myself to confidently–if you aren’t doing something with excellence, why do it? And while I’m proud of my pursuit of excellence, I also recognize that because of it, I’m sometimes very hard on myself. So the idea of defining excellence for myself instead of using outside metrics was weirdly liberating. Because, while I do think everything should be done with excellence, there are things outside my control that could mean my standard of excellence needs to adapt.

Do you like affirmations? Share your favorites with me, or whatever else is lifting you up today.

Love and gratitude.

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July 10, 2026

What does success look like to you?

I’ve had to really re-think success lately, especially when it comes to this blog. At this point, I’ve published a blog post every day for over 30 days. And I don’t know that I have much to show for it. There are a couple people who consistently like my posts (thank you so much, by the way, it means a lot to me), but I haven’t really seen any growth. I haven’t picked up new subscribers here, or two my newsletter, or my Patreon. I’m just sort of tossing things into the void. So why am I doing it?

For whatever reason, I kind of like it. I think it helps my brain to sort of dump these little posts out as a way to gear up for more focused work. And maybe a journal would achieve the same purpose, but I can’t help but think that there might be some benefit to having this record of my thoughts more public. I don’t know. And maybe I don’t really care.

Today, success looks like posting to this blog every day just because I enjoy it. What about you?

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July 9, 2026

I’ve been rewatching a lot of documentaries recently, things I’ve seen before and that I’ve already rewatched before. Yesterday morning, for example, I turned on a documentary about the Titan submersible.

I’m doing a lot of ‘new’ stuff recently–new goals, new work environment, new systems and processes to try and balance my work life with my writing life. And I think amid all that new, my brain is looking for ways to shut off. So, I’m rewatching documentaries.

Is there something you’ve been doing recently that might be your brain looking for a break? Share in the comments.

Love and gratitude.

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July 8, 2026

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July 7, 2026

I’m doing some experimenting this week.

Patreon has launched some new discovery features, and to help creators use them, they’ve designed a ‘growth course’ meant to help you grow your page. One of the things they’re really emphasizing is experimentation–trying something out for a big then seeing if it works. And if it doesn’t work, they encourage you to ditch it.

I have a horrible, horrible time letting go of things that aren’t working. I always get this feeling that I can just force it, if I just figure out how to do it better it’ll work for me. So I’m trying to learn how to do is stop attaching my personal self-worth to the things I’m trying, and just learn from them. Simple enough, right? (that last bit was sarcasm!)

The thing I’m trying for the next two months is a ‘Welcome’ post with a starter collection. Check it out and let me know what you think!

What are you experimenting with lately?

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July 6, 2026

Short one today, folks.

There are lots of reasons we ‘can’t’ do the things we want–not enough time, not enough money, not being good enough period. But my goodness, wouldn’t it be easier to just try? Spend five minutes on your goal, find the cheap, off-brand craft products, decide that it doesn’t matter if you’re good at it. Wouldn’t that make you happier than thinking of all the reasons you can’t do something?

Love and gratitude, as always.

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July 5, 2026

My mom has this exercise (adapted from Courtney Carver) called ‘Wouldn’t it be crazy if I…?’ She explains it better than I do, but basically, you try to come up with the wildest, craziest dream you’ve ever had. One of hers, apparently, was ‘wouldn’t it be crazy if I moved to New York?’ She stewed on that for a year before finally doing it, moving to the Hudson Valley. One of mine was ‘wouldn’t it be crazy if I started a lit mag?’ It was such an accomplishment for me to launch Penelle Magazine, and I’m very excited to publish issue 2 later this month.

I highly recommend spending some time thinking about this prompt and seeing if anything comes up for you. It can take two or three iterations before you finally get into the swing of it and start to unlock really weird, really crazy stuff. One of mine recently?

‘Wouldn’t it be crazy if I moved to Coney Island?’

Super out there, very unpractical, but who knows? Sometimes writing it down makes it feel possible.

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July 4, 2026

Where are you putting your energy these days?

I’m a little conflicted over where I’m putting my writing energy, specifically. On the one hand, it’s good to write no matter what you’re writing. On the other hand, writing fanfiction doesn’t exactly advance my career.

But, I’m putting my more analytical, teacher energy towards other things that would help advance my career. So I suppose, it’s evening out alright.

Short one today, friends, it’s been a long week! Let me know where you’re putting your energy these days in the comments.

Love and gratitude, as always.

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July 3, 2026

I miss teaching.

I’ve taught in a variety of ways throughout my life, and for the first time, I’m really in a job that involves no teaching whatsoever. As a teen librarian, I was able to do class visits and teach about researching with databases or writing poems (I talk about some of these things on my Patreon, unlock for only $3!). While I love my outreach job, my focus isn’t on schools or young people anymore. I’m more of a generalist now, both in the populations I serve and the outreach I do–I’m mostly tabling at community events, not taking over classrooms to explain how to do something.

For years I’ve been trying to crack some sort of writing mentorship or creative writing classes thing just as an independent writer, but imposter syndrome really sneaks up on me every time. I keep waiting for the next milestone in my writing career to feel like I’m actually qualified to teach other (even though I literally taught Intro to Fiction at an Ivy League university while getting my MFA). I feel like I haven’t proven myself enough when it comes to calling myself a writer.

So, that’s one of the many, many things I’m working on about myself right now–trusting that I do, actually, have some authority in this area, and there’d be no harm in trying to develop some courses.

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