You know how every year I say, “Man, the fall tour is killing me. I’m not doing this to myself next year.” And then I do it anyway? Yeah, that’s what September and October have been like. I have not had a quiet weekend at home since Labor Day, and I won’t for several more weeks. I’m not complaining (much), because it’s an incredible privilege to be in high demand, for conventions and book fairs and other groups to seek me out and ask me to attend.
But holy Hera, am I tired.
In the meantime, I did some stuff. Here’s the collection of links from the last two months. Keep in mind that I post the best of my work on Contently, and I try to keep it at the top 100 pieces of the last five years, so if you want to read the collected works of one Elizabeth Donald, that’s a good place to go. In the meantime, here’s some of the work of the last two months:
Do keep in mind that Medium has a paywall after the first few reads, and Patreon requires a subscription. I would absolutely love it if you subscribed to my Patreon – starting at $1 a month – and I do my best to give my Patrons first crack at my work and plenty of freebies – like this month, when my Patrons got a free copy of the new anthology! (See more below.)
ESSAYS
How to survive a horror movie: 2019 edition (Medium, essay)
Jumping off the high dive: Freelancing the first year(Medium, essay)
La Gloria and five hours at the airport (Patreon, essay)
A petal of memory (Patreon, essay)
Castles and rocketships (Medium, memoir essay)
REVIEWS/BLOGS
Halloween Roundup! What’s your favorite scary movie? (CultureGeek, review)
Patreon bonus! (Patreon, blog post)
New anthology! (Donald Media, blog post)
Fall Deathmarch (Donald Media, blog)
NEWS
Residents raise concerns about Highland brewery (Highland News Leader, news)
Students protest quad preacher for ‘hate speech’ (Alestle, news)
Faculty Association selects new union president (Alestle, news)
SIUE students join anti-abortion rally at Planned Parenthood site (Alestle, news)
Plastic bag fee gets mixed reaction in Highland (Highland News-Leader, news)
Highland forms historical advisory council (Highland News-Leader, news)
Highland tobacco sales now limited to 21 and up (Highland News-Leader, news)
Highland ranks as one of the safest cities in Illinois (Highland News-Leader, news)
Highland set to host Street Art Festival (Highland News-Leader, news)
Highland schools get technology upgrade (Highland News-Leader, news)
People who work from home in Highland now face fewer obstacles (Highland News-leader, news)
PHOTO ESSAYS
History on Tap: The Schott Brewery (Patreon, photo essay)
On assignment (Patreon, photo essay)
Photography: On assignment (Patreon, photo essay)
MAGAZINES
Here are some of the best methods for evaluating college diversity (DiversityIS, magazine article)
And finally… Stories We Tell After Midnight came out this month. It’s the first anthology from Crone Girls Press, and I’m delighted to have a story in it. You can pick it up on the Literary Underworld, or click through to Amazon here for the ebook. If you’re a Patreon subscriber, you get it FREE! Isn’t that worth subscribing?
