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Some thoughts on being self-entertaining
Last time I visited my Talespinner, she said something really interesting, something that has stuck with me. I’d never heard it framed that way before, but the minute she said it, it clicked: not only what I am, but what all my lovers in all my best relationships have been. Kitty, wearing the very top hat that you’ll see on the cover of the re-release of my novel Black Iron, due out June 2024. We are in a long-distance relationship. I occasionally fly out to see her, something that’s complicated by her unusual work schedule. She’s basically gone two days out of the week—she works full-time in two 20-hour shifts. On the occasions when I visit her, there are a couple days of each week where she’s just not there at all. On one of those visits, she told me, “I don’t worry when I go to work, because you’re self-entertaining.” There are a lot of other ways to frame Read more…