I'm in my playing season

Shout out to Valerie for the phrasing

Morning darklings,

Valerie Geary

and I were talking about our creative phases the other day. For years, I have been writing. It’s the closest thing I’d call an era in my life. From 2018—2023, I wrote, I published, I rinsed, I repeated. Sure, I had moments when I needed to take a break. But the very second I came back, I’d go full throttle again.

If I hadn’t mentioned …