Kameron Is Creating

July 21, 2025

Today, I finished revising a micro-fiction AND I wrote a new one.

I’ve been working on establishing a daily writing practice, and I’ve gotten inspiration from Writer-ish. It has been crazy fun so far, though I’m not sure if it’ll be sustainable long term. But in the meantime, I’m going to start sharing these micros on my Patreon soon, so if you’ve ever wondered about joining, now is a great time to start a free trial. So far they’re all kind of weird and sad, which has been fun. Maybe a touch horror-esque? Regardless, I’m having a blast.

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July 20, 2025

Today, I sent out my newsletter, and told my subscribers my favorite creative activity of the week.

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July 18, 2025

Today, I listened to the latest episode of the podcast Was I In a Cult?

This is a nonfiction podcast, where the two hosts talk to cult victims and help process the trauma with light humor and a lot of empathy and understanding. I generally love this podcast, but right now, it’s also nice to listen to because I’m still playing around with my untitled cult novel project. I still have no idea where it’s going, but keeping my brain full of cult facts is bound to help unlock it.

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July 17, 2025

Today, I read some of Frank Herbert’s Dune: Messiah.

This is the sequel to Dune, which took me a very long time to read, but was delightful. These are truly weird books. Hilariously, I rewatched the first Dune movie and still felt like I didn’t quite understand what was happening, even though I’d read the book. It’s kind of just an impossible piece of media to adapt. I debated watching Dune: Part 2, since I imagine it won’t actually spoil anything for me due to the films being incomprehensible, but I’m holding off for now until I finish the book.

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July 16, 2025

Today, I worked a bit on the cult novel again.

I’m doing something really different with this one. The last time I wrote a novel (and technically the time before that, if we’re counting the monstrosity I wrote in college), I’ve always worked in a pretty linear fashion. I generally started with a really clear idea of where the novel began, and I was able to muddle through from there. With this project though, I have yet to really identify a concrete plot. I’ve got characters I’m screwing around with, and I’m trying to flesh out the belief systems of the cult, but I don’t have any clear direction past that.

The truth is, I am feeling incredibly blocked on Forgotten Holler, the novel I’ve been working on since 2020. I actually haven’t really written on anything in months. So even if this cult novel doesn’t go anywhere, I’m beyond thrilled that I have the urge to work on something at all.

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July 15, 2025

Turns out, I also needed Wellbutrin!

Today, I noodled around on what I’m call the ‘cult’ novel.

I’ve been playing around with a cult-ish thing for a several weeks now, and I’ve finally dedicated a spiral bound notebook to it. It always feels a little embarrassing to start a new project, I feel, because in the early days it’s so unformed. It’s hard not to feel like the characters are dumb or that it’s too melodramatic. I haven’t even landed on a real plot yet, just messing around with some character studies and trying to flesh out what this cult actually looks like. I haven’t been able to rekindle my love for any of my old projects, the ones I started before settling on my recently finished novel draft, so maybe something brand new is what I need.

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May 6, 2025

Long time no see! I went a little off the rails, but nothing a prozac prescription can’t fix.

Today, I read some of Dune by Frank Herbert.

I’m having a little trouble getting in to it for some reason? I’m generally a fan of sci-fi, but this feels like it’s starting really slow. I’m thinking if I keep at it, it’ll catch on at some point. My partner read it recently and is sincerely obsessed with it, so I keep thinking it’ll hit any page now. It’s certainly well-written, that’s for sure. I’m hoping that when the book actually gets us to Arrakis, Dune, the desert planet, it’ll pick up a little. I do like how religious it feels, though.

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April 1, 2025

Today, I read some of Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White.

I’m a huge fan of Andrew Joseph White. He’s written three other books for young adults, and has an adult horror book coming out later this year. He does this neat thing of creating really queer, radical worlds but making them feel utterly believable and relatable. I highly recommend his books.

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March 31, 2025

Today, I launched a literary magazine. Please consider submitting.

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March 30, 2025

Today, I went to a friend’s birthday party at a karaoke bar.

Turns out I love karaoke! I did a lot of performing while I was younger, mostly singing, so I’m kind of surprised I didn’t hit up a karaoke bar sooner. We had a blast. My most successful performance was definitely “Man, I Feel Like a Woman” by Shania Twain, but I maybe had the most fun signing “Delta Dawn” by Tanya Tucker.

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