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Hi, it's a me, Nicole!

vas Normandy ▪️ She/Her ▪️ Bisexual SF/F Writer ▪️ Freelance Editor ▪️ Book Blogger ▪️ Gamer Believes in: dragons, the power of books and you. 🖤

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February 2024 | Monthly Wrap Up

Inkpot Droplets | February 2024 Wrap Up Hello, dear readers! Thanks for turning into another monthly wrap-up on how things are going personally. I am still trying to figure out how I want to use this newsletter. I do like having my blog be my "bookish" space but I do miss writing personal musings and ramblings. But, so far, I just haven't had the time/bandwidth/interest to write a personal post through this newsletter, despite having plenty of topics I'd love to write about? I won't lie:...

about 2 months ago • 3 min read

Inkpot Droplets | January 2024 Wrap Up Hello, dear readers! Happy end of January and into February. What an...interesting start to 2024 we've had. For me, it was both invigorating (as it always is, at the start of a new year), crushing and challenging, all in equal measure. So, let's see what I've been up to this month! Highlights in January: Welcomed my third niece into the world Received a collectible from Weta that I completely forgot I'd purchased for myself last June (it was a pre-order...

3 months ago • 6 min read
Purchased custom artwork logo that's on a red background with a black castle sitting in front of a white moon and a black dragon flying to the right of it in the red sky

Inkpot Droplets | January 2024 Hello, dear newsletter readers! And welcome back to Inkpot Droplets, a newsletter I started last year as the fears of losing online spaces were rampant and then I promptly stopped writing anything because life was relentless, unkind and full of many things. I am really excited to revamp this newsletter. I talked about this over on the blog, too, but basically, I plan to use this newsletter as an insight to some of the more personal things: monthly wrap-ups,...

4 months ago • 5 min read
Purchased custom artwork logo that's on a red background with a black castle sitting in front of a white moon and a black dragon flying to the right of it in the red sky

Inkpot Droplets | April - June 2023 Hello, dear readers! Wow, so I somehow haven't written a monthly newsletter since April, so we're a bit behind. You'll see why in the quick and dirty breakdown below, but goodness me, it's been bit of a doozy these past few months. Please forgive my absence in your inboxes. These past few months have been a complete whirlwind. So much so, many things have fallen by the wayside (my newsletter, reading and blogging, in particular). I really miss them all, so...

10 months ago • 3 min read
Purchased custom artwork logo that's on a red background with a black castle sitting in front of a white moon and a black dragon flying to the right of it in the red sky

Inkpot Droplets | March 2023 Hello, dear readers! How are you doing? How was your month? March was such mixed bag, wow. In some ways, it had a lot of highlights! My Mom and brother both had birthdays I got to celebrate with them. I got to see some friends and have DnD night. I wrote almost 20,000 words of my WIP (!!). Yet I also had some pretty intense depression flare ups (including some dealing directly with body image/internalized fatphobia/my eating disorder, which honestly hasn't flared...

about 1 year ago • 3 min read
Purchased custom artwork logo that's on a red background with a black castle sitting in front of a white moon and a black dragon flying to the right of it in the red sky

Inkpot Droplets | February 2023 February was definitely a different vibe than January. Where January I felt a little more refreshed and recharged, ready to take on the world, February definitely reminded me what kind of world we're living in at the moment. And my luck hasn't exactly been great, as I wrote about last week. And honestly? I think it's all coming down to having slow, building stress with my day job. With our main enrollment season about to start at the day job the week after...

about 1 year ago • 3 min read
Purchased custom artwork logo that's on a red background with a black castle sitting in front of a white moon and a black dragon flying to the right of it in the red sky

Welcome to Inkpot Droplets Welcome to Inkpot Droplets, a monthly newsletter this is basically replacing what was once known on my blog as "Bookish Breakdown" or a monthly wrap up. And it's only the second newsletter and I'm already changing how I'm doing it. I think I am going to stick with just long form text. With my first one, I think I was trying too hard to make it like a blog post, with fancy graphics and line breaks. Yet some of my favorite newsletters I read are just...simple. Black...

about 1 year ago • 3 min read
Purchased custom artwork logo that's on a red background with a black castle sitting in front of a white moon and a black dragon flying to the right of it in the red sky

Welcome to Inkpot Droplets Welcome to Inkpot Droplets, a monthly newsletter this is basically replacing what was once known on my blog as "Bookish Breakdown" or a monthly wrap up. **Apologies to the eight of you who are getting this one twice! I have some wonkiness I'm still working on learning ConvertKit.** Ultimately, my vision for this newsletter is to be the first peak into any publishing news and my publishing journey (alongside with Patreon, which will be my primary writing update...

over 1 year ago • 4 min read
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