Hello happy Monday! I just finished reading two biographies back to back. One was about a famous entrepreneur and politician and one was about a famous writer. My boyfriend and I spoke about how the first lived a very social, outward life, while the latter lived a very insular life even though she spent so much time writing about community and journaling about how much she craved it. (full list of books I've read this year) I guess as I’ve gotten older, I’ve wanted to meet mo

hello beautiful Hot Literatis! Happy Monday, I controversially love Mondays and early mornings. Maybe I enjoy beginnings. This morning, I wrote 1500 words on a draft of a second novel. I have a manuscript of a first sitting at home in Kansas that exactly one person has read. On Friday, I had lunch with one of my mentors, who encouraged me to treat writing like more of a job, sitting down at the same time every day before all of the other life stuff gets in your head, as oppos

Little Deaths/Delights 94 Writing Week I'm crazy about writing, and I don't just mean the art form. I write by hand every single day. I have a very specific journaling structure that I do that includes the date, my "chief definite aim," my monthly goals, where I'm at in my cycle, my daily to do list, and a daily scripture. When I don't write this daily, I notice things get a bit more chaotic. Writing touches more parts of your brain than typing and forces you to really slow d

Glow Up Week: Let Yourself Have Desires Welcome back to your weekly reset inside of Hot Literati <3 Glow Up Week One question I've asked myself obsessively over the past few years is "why am I who I am"? I find It's the swirly sort of question that can leave you looking at blank space for a bit. I've liked the idea of "glowing up" ever since I found a beauty blog at 12 years old and visited the same site every single day. Especially during the summer. I like the idea of "glow

hello beautiful angels of the Hot Literati Universe. I hope that you are happy and also having a nice time. I'm drinking my first cup of coffee. It is 9:30. I went to the gym and ran three miles. A familiar face came up to me at the gym and told me that I'd gained weight so he didn't recognize me. He was one of the old(er) people I know just from walking around and being chatty. A year ago, hearing that would have devastated me, but I feel really happy with where I'm at and m

84. Little Deaths/Delights Hello beautiful people of the Hot Literati Digital Universe. I have taken up a mind to observe the Sabbath. My perceptions of the Sabbath are related to reading Little House on the Prairie as a child and identifying with the children's restlessness in the book. Now as an adult, I sort of like the idea of a day where you aren't allowed to work, or even think about work. So yesterday, I went to church, sitting in my little pew surrounded by couples an

Their Eyes Were Watching God and Sarah Lawrence Good morning cuties, angels, and lovers. I am drinking "cowboy coffee," which is when you have one cup of grounds and hot water and let the grounds float to the bottom. I think cowboy coffee is a nice reminder that things can actually be really simple. On Friday, I gave a reading at Sarah Lawrence and answered a lot of questions about Hot Literati. They were wonderful hosts and I had an amazing time. This week we're starting boo

Get out of your head to be Hotter Good morning cuties, angels, and lovers. I hope that you all had a wonderful valentines day! I myself had a great one, I feel happy, well-fed, and relaxed. There's something in the "How to be Hotter Guide" that I've been thinking about a lot about self-censoring. There's a part of your brain that will self-monitor you and can lead to overthinking instead of just being present and acting. I think practicing the art of presence and embodiment i

Ballet, Computer Science, and Journaling hello hello good people of Hot Literati I hope you've all had a wonderful weekend. I've been so busy with work and other things, but a recent highlight is that I went to the ballet. I hadn't been in about four years and as I've written about a lot, I did ballet very seriously for fifteen years. My school practiced the Cecchetti method, which I'd love to learn more about the history of now, but as a kid, I remember being so jealous of t

This particular Friday night was born on Hailo’s roof with a bottle of sparkling and a bottle of red. I popped the bubbly open, because...

I went out twice this weekend after a calm few weeks. I go back to school in a little over a week which feels a bit unbelievable ,mostly...

Everyone say, good morning Victoria Hi hi, Happy Sunday (Monday?Tuesday?). These past three weeks have been some of the most exciting...

LITTLE DEATHS/DELIGHTS I woke up this morning on a friend’s sofa in the nation’s capital with a blanket magically draped over me,...