The Writer in the Wild

The Writer in the Wild

The Month the Clocks Broke (and I Kept Writing Anyway)

On disruption, timing, and writing through the noise

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Shannon Hilson
Jun 16, 2025
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Broken Hours — Rendered by the author in Midjourney

The past month or so has honestly left me feeling like someone hit "shuffle" on the flow of time and then left the room. And it’s been a complete pain in all our asses.

Our water heater died last month and needed to be replaced. My aging laptop went tits up the following week (which Seth very generously …

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