A DEVIL LIKE ME
How does this year feel like it's been five years, but also 5 seconds?
Is it actually Spring?
In Pittsburgh, we have something called false Spring. This is where the weather acts nice and lovely, and then it snows the next week. Well, I saw some snowflakes today, and you guys, I am not ready for second winter. I have had enough, truly. I’m not a big fan of the cold, mostly because it hurts my joints. I think I put my winter decor away too soon, because this happens every year. It’s like every single year, I think this time it will actually be Spring, but then Winter Rick Rolls me. Even though I know better, I still end up falling for it.
Anyway, this year is going so fast. I cannot fathom how time actually works, because it has been centuries since Winter residency, and yet I blinked, and half of this semester is already over. I have been having an existential crisis, pretty much every hour. I’ve read some great books for this packet, and I think some of you will be happy to hear that I will be reading The Hunger Games in this packet! I have never read the books, and I believe I have seen the first movie exactly one time, so I’m going into it not knowing pretty much anything. There have been spoilers all throughout Threads, but since I haven’t read the books, I have no idea what any of it means, haha. Which, I suppose, is good if I end up liking the first book. Now, I will say this: I don’t generally like dystopian novels. I’ve never really enjoyed them, even though I do think they have a fascinating structure. I’ll give you my final opinion in my next newsletter. I promise, you’ll probably be…
I do have a life outside of my MFA. Well, Kinda.
I’m going to start playing DnD with my friends here in April, and I’m so excited. I created a Rock Gnome Barbarian called Jaz Tippletoe Jones, and I love her so much. She used to be a criminal, but turned barbarian after a run-in with some bad guys who ended up stealing her favorite warhammer. Now, she’s going to hunt those crooks down by traveling through the Whispering Woods with her unlikely group of misfit friends.
In more book-related news, I think I’m changing the name of my adult dark fantasy novel with horror elements to A DEVIL LIKE ME. Now, I have not worked on this project in like a year, so even this title might not stick. But, to give you a little bit of background, here is my pitch for what used to be called A DEVIL’S GAME.
When Mallory Soren turns eighteen and her guardian grandmother passes, Mallory is left to fend for herself with a small trust fund. She only has one thing from her mother since before her death: a journal. Mallory starts her first college semester and forms a relationship with a woman she’s always dreamed of. But strange things keep happening to her, and her only clues are within her mother’s unreadable journal. Then the voices start, and Mallory will do anything to make them stop. When she meets at the crossroads with the Devil himself, Mallory has to decide if making a deal with the Devil is worth the price unknown or if she can risk living with the two voices that want her dead.
This is a very quick pitch. I want to remind you that most of my characters deal with mental illness. Mallory has Bipolar Disorder, and that will be present in this novel. (I also have Bipolar Disorder, so it’s own voices)
I hope I can provide more details in the future, but that’s all I have for now! Byeeee!