witches, wolves, warrior women. i write fantasy fiction as katje van loon and religious (pagan) nonfic as morag spinner. also poetry.
cancelled at least once already. very problematic.
i believe in being honest about my personal struggles but i also believe in reading as escapism. which means i'll talk about what i've been through but i try not to bludgeon followers with "you musts" or "you shoulds" when it comes to the hellworld we live in.
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Malina and the Border Banners, Chapter 15 (A Story for B)
A sensation washed over her, a feeling like the whole land was laid out in front of her.
She'd thought of it like a big line, not all that wide, maybe the distance one could walk in a few minutes.
In front of her, the land spread out for days in all directions.
Malina gasped. "It's huge." No, it was more than huge. "It's - it's impossible. There's not that much land o
"I make excellent knives," she preened.
"As a hobby?" he chortled.
"As a business."
"A hobby business? That's cute!"
"It pays my bills."
"Like, the fun bills though right? Not the serious bills? It must be nice making a little extra cash on the side."
She sighed and placed an ornate dagger on the table before her.
"Wow, that's pretty. Here I thought you made real knives."
It took all the wait-staff to keep her from stabbing him.
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The witch watched. She was unseen until she was ready - sorting through her satchel of lockets.
A maiden gasped as the witch manifested, beckoning with a silver crow on a silver chain.
"Thank you," she spoke for the first time in her life, throwing down her mop and fleeing the castle.
The others stared after her, amazed.
One by one, all their voices were returned.
The witch smiled as the home that had tried to silence her too, crumbled.
so now my plan is: convince husband to move up to that town with me. he hates small towns. he's not fond of the one i'm pushing for. this was going to be a temporary work thing.
but it will be so much better for us. and if i can just get him up there...i think he'll notice the difference.
but step one is getting this place clean and our things reduced, so that we can be *ready* to move.
and that is a monumental step.
so writing? it's on the backburner right now.
the plan has been for *ages* for us to escape this place, but we've been here since 2014 now and it feels like it's taken hold of our souls.
so when there was a chance for me to get a job in my mom's town, i took it.
the past several months of living with my mom have PROVEN that environment is a HUGE thing when it comes to battling depression. trying to treat an infected wound that can never get clean is a losing battle.
i haven't written anything in about 3 weeks. i've been down in vancouver visiting my husband in that time.
wish i could say i haven't written because i've been too, ahem, busy with the spouse, but the truth is i've been too busy cleaning our messy place and fighting depression.
i'm not depressed abt being with husband; i adore him. but the place we rent is slowly killing me. #sometimeswritersblockisdepression
my latest attempt to be raw and real on my blog: swamp demon cleans up, the before. https://blog.katjevanloon.com/2020/05/19/swamp-demon-cleans-up-the-before/
includes "before" pictures of the mess i'm currently trying to tame. #swampdemonpride
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