holidays
I'm Not an April Fool's Person
On pranks, awkward social scripts, and quietly stepping out of the joke
holidays
On pranks, awkward social scripts, and quietly stepping out of the joke
Internet
A writer’s take on audience mismatch, parasocial weirdness, and platform logic that doesn’t add up
Life
Turning fifty, rearranging a life, and letting the space tell the truth
Writing
From mentally editing restaurant menus to collecting odd bits of dialogue for future stories
Movies
A short list of long obsessions
Life
What she got wrong about adulthood and what she understood better than I did
Life
On cleaning out our house, reclaiming a space, and choosing the present
A short list of long obsessions
A love letter to social experiments, good-natured trolling, and intentional confusion
A reflection on timing, obsession, and the fear that there are more good books than years left to read them
On mortuaries, butchery, and why curiosity isn’t the same thing as creepiness
Notes and reflections from the wandering desk of Shannon Hilson
Reflections on visibility, proximity, and what creative recognition really costs
How I decide when to stop writing and close the tab
A love letter to social experiments, good-natured trolling, and intentional confusion
And I think I've finally stopped wondering why
On attention, assumption, and choosing where access ends
Keeping commitments and maintaining creative connection during an intense stretch
Rethinking January’s obsession with reinvention
A quiet check-in during a slightly unsettled stretch
What happens when you stop rushing to make your ideas legible
What freelancers get wrong about authenticity, vulnerability, and public writing
What to do with messages you never asked for
A look back at oversharing as survival and what comes after it