Gina

Hi there, I'm Gina.

This blog serves many purposes for me -- sharing new writing & works in progress, keeping in touch with old friends, making new friends, and keeping an eye on what's happening on the interwebs. But mostly? It's where I blow off steam from graduate school and talk about which David Bowie song is the queerest. ;)

If you wanna know more about me, check out my website for info about the work that I do in the world.

If you're here because you're a fan of my writing, I recommend checking out How To Have A Body for a peek at my current manuscript in progress.

Thanks for stopping by my little corner of the internet. Enjoy your stay.

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please excuse me while i grumble about writing process for a second.

I’m in that place with the manuscript where I’m vascillating between “This is awesome!” and “This is utter tripe!”

I am well aware that this is just part of the process, but dag, man. I wish I could put my artistic insecurity in box till I’m done with the book, you know?

In other news: The first draft is due Thursday (eeek!). Then I meet with my advisor to go over edit suggestions on Saturday. Then I have till May 17th for edits & re-writes. So. Wheeeeeee?

If I wasn’t such a fucking perfectionist, this would be a lot easier. Old habits die hard, I guess.
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note to self: remember this!

How To Have A Body is due to my Advisor in 9 days. I feel like I’m supposed to be stressing out. But I’m truly, genuinely not. My anxiety is… honestly, kinda non-existent right now. Like, yeah I’m a little tired, and yeah I’m having to be extra-diligent/protective about things like Breakfast and Exercise and Taking Breaks and Enough Sleep. But mostly I’m just excited & joyous & into where the book is taking me.

I have been writing all my life, and I have made many attempts at many books. But I honestly never knew before this one that writing a book could be this fun, this exhilarating. This is BAD-ASS.
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every tumblr post i make over the next two weeks is probably gonna include the phrase “speaking of how to have a body!”

There is nothing like the intense pressure of intense deadlines for a book that is kinda about an intense break-up but really mostly about your intense relationship with your body & the world to make you, well… Intensely aware of your body. You know?

I mean this in a good way. I feel more in my skin, more comfortable, happier, hotter & more desirable than I have in ages. Some of this is about some recent experiences of feeling appreciated & desired in various ways. But it’s way bigger than that, too. It’s about an internal shift.

I left the house in a tight strappy tank top, a very short miniskirt, bare legs, & sparkly shoes today. Glitter on my eyelids, lipstick on my lips. These might not be brave fashion choices for someone else, but they are extremely brave fashion choices for me, especially considering my past year.

I feel back to my real self and I feel braver, basically. It’s been a long time coming.
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This song is kinda hitting me in the heart.

Which is funny, because I’m working on a chapter* that is heavily influenced by Bowie’s Berlin-era work, specifically & especially the album & song “Heroes.” Very different from “Scary Monsters.” But, oh, oh, OH, this song! Such a good adolescent rebellion soundtrack.

*Some of you might remember this as my Girl Talk piece from this past year. It’s like 100x more awesome now. :) I’m still tinkering with it, but I’m psyched about it!
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please excuse me while i grumble about writing process for a second.

note to self: remember this!

every tumblr post i make over the next two weeks is probably gonna include the phrase “speaking of how to have a body!”