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Hi. It’s been a while.
For those of you who’ve not met me, I’m Anna. You can read about what I do outside of the internet over on my About page, but here, I’ll be blogging. Again.
I used to blog a lot. Throughout college, I ran a couple different blogs, mostly about reading, but then gradually about more personal topics and thoughts on philosophy and art (very grand, I know). I left off blogging in text form and started a YouTube channel in 2017, where I make videos about books (notice a pattern yet?), queer literature, and disability literature. Sometimes I share games I’m playing or walks I’m taking.
And yet…I miss blogging. I miss putting words to the page…screen…whatever, you get me. Writing, particularly essay writing, has been a lifelong passion of mine. It’s in poetry that I feel most able to express what is in my soul, and in essays I’m most able to let my mind sing. That is what I want to get back to, and that is what I want to share.
So what, then, can you expect from this blog? The short answer is, I don’t know yet! I’ve never done a blog that’s just me, not centered around a particular topic or interest other than myself. I’ve always hesitated to do this because it comes across as…egocentric, I guess? But there are plenty of blogs and essays I adore reading because I like to see how the author’s mind works, to think along with them, and I have had trusted friends and family encourage me to do just this for years now. I think I owe it to them and myself to write to my heart’s content, and I guess that’s what this blog will be about.
I have no aims other than to share a piece of who I am with anyone willing to read. I have no schedule in mind, no milestones to achieve. I just want to write, and I want to share what I’ve written. If you’ve made it to the end, thank you for being here and coming along on this journey.
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While I’m wide awake thanks to some insomnia, I wanted to share #transsanta a program that matches trans youth with gift givers this holiday season. All I want this year is for folks to purchase or share Trans Santa and make a kid’s holiday magical.
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Anna Goldberg (she/they) is a writer, editor, and geek of all trades. She is the cofounder of Six String Games, a micropress which publishes tabletop role-playing games from the stranger side of storytelling.
Anna got started writing for tabletop games with Flames of Freedom, the grim and perilous game of American history from Andrews McMeel Publishing. Also at Andrews McMeel, she wrote and edited for the Zweihander Starter Kit, Blackbirds, and the forthcoming Fever Knights tabletop role-playing games. Additionally, she has worked with Mage Hand Press, DOTS RPG, and elsewhere making games and game-related content of all sorts.
Anna’s poetry has been published in Collective Verses, a project of the Storytelling Collective online writing community. She is currently working on her first poetry pamphlet, Songs from the Sidewalk.
When they’re not writing or making games, Anna is an avid cosplayer, tea drinker, and bibliophile. They are the cofounder of the Disability Readathon, a semi-annual event dedicated to celebrating books and media created by disabled authors. They also do disability advocacy and consulting for games, cosplay events, and other geeky endeavors, promoting inclusivity and access for all. Anna resides in the Pacific Northwest, in a bog witch’s dwelling she shares with her husband and their two dogs.