Miscellaneous Wonders

Miscellaneous Wonders

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An Interlude, A Lacuna
In other words, a hiatus
Oct 2 • 
JD Scott

September 2025

On Being Twinless & Reading Thirty Poetry Books in a Month
some thoughts on unlikeable queer characters & villainous protagonists
Sep 24 • 
JD Scott

July 2025

Ouija Boards, Fictional Alleys, & Reading Poems for Gaza
a few scattered thoughts on region and place
Jul 31 • 
JD Scott
On Mental Illness & Millennial Novels
Millennial fiction, therapeutic journal entries, and past selves meeting present ones
Jul 11 • 
JD Scott

June 2025

Creating Regional Gothic Fiction
or, an aesthetic for every U.S. region
Jun 27 • 
JD Scott
Art-making in a Time of Crisis
and ways to catalog your interests / seek pleasure in a time of displeasure
Jun 23 • 
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May 2025

What is Purple Prose?
And how do you overcome "purpureus pannus"?
May 8 • 
JD Scott
Miscellaneous Wonders #4
Illness, Exams, M'aidez, May Day
May 1 • 
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March 2025

Secret Mall Apartment
some saudade for DIY spaces, youth, and the aughts
Mar 23 • 
JD Scott
Plotting and Planning with Fabula & Syuzhet
A few notes on bottling your muses when you don't have time to write
Mar 8 • 
JD Scott

February 2025

In the Age of Enshittification
a few thoughts on decay & growth
Feb 18 • 
JD Scott
Trans Fiction Writers in the 20th Century
and the Self-Determination of Trans People in the 21st Century
Feb 9 • 
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