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I drew it in my basement apartment after a grueling work day. At the time I was a project manager at a web design agency, and I was NOT a good fit for the role. On especially hard days, my anxiety would manifest physically in my throat. It felt like a marble had been lodged into the soft cushion of my windpipe, making it hard to breathe.
Corporate Haley! She drank a lot of espresso shots and called her mom almost every lunch break to lament her life choices!
I began to picture the blocked feeling in my throat as a hairball, one I couldn’t quite cough up (gross, I know). But the visual stuck, and when I decided to anthropomorphize my anxiety for a comic, it felt obvious that it would be a tangly little guy. If only I knew this characterization would one day inspire my illustrated memoir! Funny how it all shakes out.
Here it is:
Links of note:
I’m putting the first batch of this quarter’s mail club together next week (A little later than I wanted, but waiting on a final shipment of goodies to arrive before I assemble envelopes). Reminder that you can join the fun here!
My agent Anna Sproul-Latimer published a newsletter that so acutely described my own experience with reassurance seeking (as both a writer and a human being on this exhausting planet!). Might make you feel seen too.
If Margo’s Got Money Troublesby Rufi Thorpe isn’t already on your list of novels to read, add it NOW. The story follows nineteen-year-old Margo, who become pregnant after an affair with her married college professor. She keeps the baby and creates an Only Fans account to make ends meet. I cannot stress enough how charming, clever, and earnest this book is. Read it! And thank you to my mother, who bought the paperback for me during her recent visit to Seattle.
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