dylan's blog

reading

EVERYTHING WRONG WITH DAMSELS AND DINOSAURS (A BOOK I READ TWICE, ON PURPOSE, LIKE A FUNCTIONING ADULT)

June 28, 2026

The review was supposed to go up on the 26th. It is the 28th. I would like to formally blame my ADHD, the World Cup, Pride, and the fact that I read the entire book again instead of writing about it — …

I AM NOT MASTERING AN INSTRUMENT, I AM DATING ALL OF THEM (Open Relationship, Banjo Knows About the Concertina)

June 28, 2026

health

THE DERELICT ANKLE SAGA: I Am Not Allowed to Jump, Which Is a Sentence I Have to Live In Now

June 26, 2026

health

"NOOOO, WHAT IS THAT?": I Got Diagnosed at 30 and Cried in Three Different Emotions at Once

June 24, 2026

writing

THE FIELD GUIDE IS FREE AND THERE'S A NEW MONSTER IN IT AS OF TODAY

June 23, 2026

clowning

THE TIME I DISLOCATED MY ELBOW AT CLOWN CAMP AND THEN SANG 'MEMORY' FROM CATS AT A MAN RECOVERING FROM A HEART ATTACK

June 22, 2026

crafting

WE BUILT A 31-DAY YARN ADVENT BECAUSE 25 DAYS ISN'T ENOUGH(And Yes, It's Themed Around Cheesy Hallmark Movies)

June 21, 2026

cooking

THE BAVARIAN PRETZEL THAT RUINED ALL OTHER PRETZELS FOR ME (And It Lives at a Yarn Festival in Estes Park)

June 6, 2026

reading

THE DOORS ARE OPEN (Imaginarily): Book Club Begins With a Sapphic Regency Romance That Has Dinosaurs In It

June 3, 2026

writing

THE CRYPTID CATALOGER IS LIVE (And This Time I Wrote Twelve Chapters Before Telling Anyone)

June 2, 2026

adhd

MY EXECUTIVE FUNCTION IS A BROKEN ELEVATOR AND THE LLM IS THE RAMP

May 30, 2026

writing

THIS MUST BE WHY ALL INDIE AUTHORS ARE RICH: A Publishing Plan, Such As It Is

May 29, 2026

tech

I KEPT LOSING TO STREAMING OPTIONS, SO I BUILT A TINY DICTATOR TO PICK MY TV FOR ME

May 28, 2026

writing

"I KILLED MY LAST SERIAL TWELVE YEARS AGO. NOW I'M MEDICATED, AND THERE ARE CRYPTIDS. (Introducing The Cryptid Cataloger)"

May 27, 2026

writing

MY BRAIN IS A MEMORY HOARDER, NOT A MEMORY PALACE (And That's How I Ended Up With 30 Unfinished Novels)

May 26, 2026

reading

MY GRANDPA TORE THE COVERS OFF AND HANDED ME RIVERDALE

May 22, 2026

writing

BETA READING ISN'T DRUGS: There Is No Free First Hit, Please Stop DMing Me

May 21, 2026

reading

THE BOOKSHOP IS IMAGINARY. THE BOOK CLUB IS REAL. COME READ WITH ME.

May 20, 2026

personal

DEMOCRACY IS DYING IN SLOW MOTION AND I AM HOLDING MY WIFE'S HAND ON THE COUCH

May 17, 2026

writing

Closer on Paper Beta Readers Wanted!

May 16, 2026

adhd

STARTING A BOOKSTORE TRUCK: A LOVE LETTER TO MY ADHD, WHICH HAS ALREADY DESIGNED THE SHELVES

May 12, 2026

writing

Your Vibes Are Not Evidence

May 7, 2026

writing

Writing Advice from the Unpublished, LOL

May 1, 2026

health

Seven Months on the Couch and Now a Physical Therapist Is Asking Me to Do Squats, Cool, This Is Fine

April 30, 2026

writing

I Wrote 66,000 Words About Dragons Who Need a License to Hoard and an 80-Page Appendix of Government Forms, Send Help

April 29, 2026