Can We Not Have Drama

Good evening, friends, how are you doing?

I’m mostly okay–I’ve worked on my revision every day for two weeks, which is probably a record in recent times. I’m making excellent progress! Hopefully. Or maybe not. Sometimes hard to tell in the middle of a revision whether things are getting better or just getting moved around.

Everything would be going swimmingly if we could just have a little less drama, if you please.

Why are humans like this? Why do people come along and see something and be like, “ah, yes, I’m going to ruin this”?

The big drama of the week is the Nanowrimo drama. I’m not going to go into details, because it is upsetting and a pretty big deal, but you can definitely find stuff if you’re interested in that.

And having Nano tarnished by this sort of thing is upsetting, because I, like many people in the writing community, have done Nano many times and feel a sort of nostalgia for it (even as we continue to do it). It’s kind of like having your childhood ruined.

Aside from that, there’s been drama in the volunteer organization we do with our children. As happens more often than not, there’s one parent who has decided they know better than everyone else and is determined to yell and bully until everyone else gives up. Most of this parent’s ire is currently directed at my spouse due to a misunderstanding, and instead of acting like a functional human being, she’s decided to go all scorch earth on everything.

Seriously, people. What the everliving hell. Have some grace. Don’t be douchecanoes.

Fun times all around. Just in time for the holidays.

Anyway, what do you do when there is drama in spaces that should be safe and welcoming? Unfortunately punching people will not actually help anything.

(A shame really. I did kickboxing for twenty years and I’m really good at punching people.)

I wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving, and I’ll see you next month.