Stephanie VesselyOct 9, 20143 minOn Sitting in the Dark, the Ways Men Smell, and How You Just Might Find You Get What You NeedIt’s a little after 8:30 on an October evening and the rain is lightly falling outside. The drops are tapping the skylight in my living...
Stephanie VesselyDec 12, 20204 minThe Queen's Gambit Reminded Me That Creativity is FragileI plowed through The Queen’s Gambit this week, the Netflix show that tells the fictional story of Beth Harmon, an orphan with a gift for...
Stephanie VesselyJul 26, 20204 minGiving Up Alcohol Made Everything Better. But Worse. But Better.My last drink was three years ago today, on the patio at BookBar, in Denver. I was with friends and a mentor from grad school, who was in...
Stephanie VesselyApr 12, 20203 minWhat Happens NextIt took a while, but I finally found my social-distancing groove. I created a structure for my days and a toolbox of things that help...
Stephanie VesselyApr 4, 20204 minNon-Productivity in the Time of CoronoavirusI keep coming across the idea with friends and in my social media circle that as writers and artists, or introverts even, we’ve been...