Awesome Partner Skills is totally coming together. I imagine it will be the first personal project I complete this year, since I can sit at the computer, put my head down, and look up an hour later with 2000+ words added.

I like to think of this book as an adoptive big sibling who has gone through all of the toughest parts of being involved in an adult relationship.  it’s a bit like Adulting, but with a lot more emphasis on the relationship aspect than the practicalities of things.  it helps you consider all the factors, include the other person, and be honest with yourself about your needs.  of course, I touch on a lot of very practical things–like how to make pizza at home, how to change the oil in a car, and how to give the best present–but it’s all in the context of being the best human being and partner you can be.

watch soon for promotional chapters and audience requests!

Updates

writing-related things that I am doing:

  • outlining chapters for Awesome Partner Skills
  • thinking about my short story for July since it’s two weeks away
  • putting together onesheets for two car-related shows

A foray into non-fiction

I’m taking a bit of a break from A God Grown Old (although I finished taking out the bracketed questions/missing information and sent it to my siblings, since they wanted to be early readers) and working on some non-fiction options.  it’s partially because I appreciate the structure that writing creative non-fiction affords when what I want to write but don’t really want to have to think, and partially because I think that between Jake’s cookbook (Taco Tome) and my Awesome Partner Skills, we could make some decent passive income without breaking too much of a creative sweat.  they’re both topics we’re interested in and good at talking about, so we’ll help each other write and create.

I’m really excited about this book. I’ve always wanted to write about relationships, but never wanted to pen a non-fiction book unless I felt it was genuinely practical (like writing exercises or ways to organize your life). this is both!