Type O Negative soundtrack, Wolf Moon overhead, and my draft is acting feral. Check in: what are you working on tonight—writing, revising, avoiding, or dissociating politely?

Happy New Year, Asylum inmates. January’s theme is Creative Stability & Identity: “Who am I as a creator?” (and how do we write without frying our nervous system?) TODAY’S 10-MINUTE RESET: Write 3 lines—no poetry, no pressure: 1) I’m writing ______________________ 2) I care about ______________________ 3) I’m not available for ______________________ (perfection, people-pleasing, spiraling, etc.) NOW: INTAKE CHECK-IN (reply in the comments) 1) What are you writing right now? 2) What feels wobbly: time, clarity, confidence, craft, or emotional heaviness? 3) What support would help most this week: structure / accountability / nervous-system calm / story clarity? 4) What’s your smallest next step you can do in 10 minutes?

🚪🔓 The Asylum Doors Are Officially Open If you’re here, you’re probably: • writing three books at once• questioning every life decision • rewriting a single paragraph for four hours straight • allergic to structure but craving it desperately Excellent. You belong here. Inside Author’s Asylum, you’ll find: ✨ Monthly A.A. Meetings (Author’s Asylum, not those other ones) ✨ Prompts + tools for creative chaos management ✨ Co-writing hours so you stop procrastinating in isolation ✨ Creative challenges designed for unstable minds ✨ A calendar of upcoming meetings, workshops, and chaos management tools To kick us off: 👉 Comment below with ONE thing your writer-brain is currently spiraling about. Let’s diagnose the creative madness together. Welcome to the Asylum. — Jen

Today is Jane Austin’s birthday and chocolate covered anything day so here’s a small animation as tribute