I think my political opinions can be seen in much of my work, my feminist essays, the themes of the books I am writing, and my love of the earth and sustainability. I don’t need to express what disappointment I experienced to the 2024 election results. Or, further, the fears I have for the future….
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Nova’s 2023 Reading Roundup
I set out this year to chill out, read slower, process fully, and enjoy the moments sparked by story. I love being able to think on a story in my own time, allowing it to fill up my mind in moments of downtime. So, naturally, I read a whole 61 books compared to last year’s…
This Legacy Trope Reinforces Toxic Masculinity
You’re watching your favorite action series. The male hero is kicking ass left and right. Their on-again-off-again fling has been off-again for some time, and just after he’s secured the future of the universe (yet again), she returns. What a surprise it is to see her! She came back, and she still cares for him….
Nova’s 2022 Reading Roundup
Hello out there! It’s been a minute. I’ve been focusing on plotting the novel and reading my heart out, but I haven’t given much love to my blog here, which I strive to utilize more in 2023. Speaking of resolutions, how many of us met our reading goal? I set my bar low so I…
After You
I’d like to think I know you now, Like the end makes clarity. Like the end of a book, the wrap-up, the meaning unveiled. But this end is only the last chapter of the meaning I make of you. You live in me now, how I saw you, Your echo that cannot produce anything…
The People We Leave
Every night and morning, I dream. Everyone dreams while they sleep, but some don’t remember them. I remember too much, perhaps. I wake with an ache somewhere deep inside me, the only cure to fall back behind the curtain, back into my dream. Because there, I find something beautiful. I think of dreams as a…