⋆. ̊⟡ ࣪ ˖ July 2026 Update
Good day! I am keenly aware that an update is long overdue. Since, I also continue to struggle with the logistics of sending out a newsletter, here’s a little happening update for you all instead.
June was transformational to say the least. Through it all I have not wavered on my goals and intentions here which includes having a novella, bare minimum, prepared to publish before summer ends. Thus, I am partaking in Sarra Cannon’s Rough Draft Challenge that just so happens to be taking place in this month of July. It is July 16th as I write this and I’m about at the halfway mark in what I believe still will shape up to be about a 20,000 word novella.
The themes of this story are putting in the work to fulfill your dreams, learning to balance the fear of failure with the requirement of showing up, self acceptance, healthy boundaries and of course rock and roll and the toxins and incredible pleasures of being involved with entertainment.
Apart from that little tidbit of what you have to look forward to from me this summer, I am also approaching one year in this house continuing to settle down in the small community where I was born, and part time raised. I’m also figuring out how to use the whimsy that is embedded in the earth here to share ghost stories, folklore, and more to create other varieties of content for you all as well. Currently, writing is my strong suit, hence, this being a blog post rather than a video. I have, however, been chronicling my journey on film, which has suddenly developed into me almost running out of my two terabytes of external storage that I once thought was impossible to fill up. I guess eight years of that belief adds up when you’re afraid of losing anything. This will likely become the catalyst for my actually posting and cutting down my technological foot print since paying more than twice what I already do just to enable my digital hoarding is not the healed answer.
This is what I’ve been up to and continue to be. I have been known, and called out for, promoting so much and never following through, but that's just how it is sometimes. I could choose not to share until it’s totally done, but then I feel I’d be in a worse position of it being too easy to continue to ignore as well. I am aware that I’ve been all talk for a long while. Finally, that awareness has developed into just enough ‘shame’, I guess I could call it, to motivate me to lock in and do better.
Follow my journey if you like! I hope to have a published work to share with you soon! For real this time. If not, feel free to bully me.
Best Wishes,
-Melody LeeMarie 7/16/2026
