Zoë Harris
@zoeselina.bsky.social
YA author, UX content design leader, cat lady, chip connoisseur
Sushi isn't speaking to me since I told her I have to go to the office today.
I do not understand sultry-looking models selling flannel pajamas. I mean, it's just unrealistic. Who the hell isn't grinning from ear to ear while wearing flannel jammies?!?
Today I hit 30k words on the manuscript I started in early October. I wonder if it's coming along so fast because I'm channeling all my caustic, sarcastic, lizard-tongued teen years into this character. Sometimes healing comes in the form of unbridled sass.
Straight hair pro: Running your hands through it, pulling it up into a ponytail, then letting it all fall back down around your shoulders. Curly hair pro: Pull a curl down...let it go...sproing!
I started a Substack. I don't really know what I'm going to do with it, but if you feel like you might like to see where it goes, join me.
Zoë | Substack
I'm Zoë. I write novels about invisible girls. And sometimes I write letters to the ones that live inside me. This space is for anyone who's ever felt overlooked, underestimated, or like they vanished...
zoesharris.substack.com
The sun was up before work today. This is 8.02am. It's a good thing you're such a safe haven in other ways, Norway.
Yesterday morning, my step-dad sent me a text with a photo of his latest monarch butterfly chrysalis that had formed overnight. I was on my way to work and had my headphones in, so Siri read the message aloud to me. AND THEN DESCRIBED THE PHOTO! ACCURATELY! !
Sushi is living my best life. In my chair. And I'm not even mad.
I get it, Sushi. Sometimes being put in a box makes me mad, too. And it's even more infuriating when we realize we put ourselves in the box in the first place.
I just woke up from a dream where my dad had bought a combi van from Ikea and I was helpinh him put it together. It came with a "fully equipped kitchen" and that kitchen came with a meal. So while he put in the seats and stuff, I had to use Ikea instructions to chop and sautee exotic mushrooms.
When you think about it, dyeing our hair is such a primate thing to do. It's like "I like this color so much imma put it on ma head."