Sheila Reads and writes I hope this email finds you... It didn't feel appropriate to say happy full moon. I hope you are surviving as best you can, given the truly harrowing political climate in the US and around the world. Things feel quite heavy these days. I have a big birthday coming up in August, and I can't help but reflect on how different I thought the world would look by now and how, despite my considerable privilege, it still feels like I'm struggling at almost 40 years old. This is...
27 days ago • 15 min read
Sheila Reads and writes Happy New Moon! I'm going to keep our reading brief today because I wrote a huge craft section. This Taurus new moon is challenging us to embrace the frustration that wells up in response to our own stagnation. It's reminding us that we can't get to a new place by doing the same things we've been doing all along. Changing our negative habits means confronting them and then doing something different, even if we go about it imperfectly. I pulled the 9 of Cups for our...
2 months ago • 10 min read
Sheila Reads and writes Happy Full Moon! A LEGACY OF STARS is officially out in the world on the same day that THE LOST GOD is two years old. I really went for it in the second generation of it all. I can't believe it's been two years and six books. I've learned so much, and my mind is blown looking back at how much has changed in just a short period of time. A friend who is getting ready to publish her first book asked me the other day what advice I would give to someone who is just starting...
3 months ago • 7 min read
Sheila Reads and writes Happy New Moon! Mercury retrograde is here in war-mongering Aries. That's not ominous at all. I had a week of ups and downs. Most notable up was this glowing review of The Lost God Series on Screenrant, where you can find my series at number five on the top love triangles list, right behind my colleague and close presonal friend Leigh Bardugo (this is a joke. I love Leigh but sadly we aren't besties...yet.) I pulled the 5 of Wands Rx for our group reading. This card...
3 months ago • 10 min read
Sheila Reads and writes Happy Full Moon! This could be a bumpy one, with some disrupted sleep and grumpy moods, but the good news is that I drew The Star for our full moon reading. It's one of my favorite cards in the tarot because it reminds us that we get to participate in the process of healing. We get to move at our own pace. We get to care for ourselves the way we wish others would care for us. There's a lot of emotional and energetic clearing going on. It's a good time to think about...
4 months ago • 10 min read
Sheila Reads and writes Happy New Moon & Lunar New Year! Well, it has been a rough couple of weeks. Between wildfires in the western US, bitter cold in the Northeast, and a new administration in office, there has been a lot of disruption. Some very big Tower moments for many of us and I'm sure I'm not the only one feeling unsettled. Often when those feelings come up the first thing we want to do is take action. If that's where you are at, I have an action item at the bottom of this section...
5 months ago • 8 min read
Sheila Reads and writes QUICK NOTE BEFORE WE JUMP IN: I am changing the email address that this newsletter is sent from. Starting next week, it will come from [email protected]. Please add that address to your address book now to keep me from ending up in your spam and to keep you from missing out on lots of fun new things coming in January. Happy Full Moon! How are we entering the last two weeks of 2024!? I know time flies when you're having fun but, I feel like I blinked and the...
7 months ago • 8 min read
Sheila Reads and writes Happy New Moon! I am torn between hoping this email finds you (because it's full of some amazing news), and hoping that you're busy doing something fun and too busy to read it. I am a day early for this new moon, but I know Eveyrone will probably be busy, so I wanted to give you plenty of time to read. I have so much to share. But first, a collective card reading. Today I drew The Hermit. A hilarious card for a holiday weekend that forces a great deal of us in the US...
7 months ago • 8 min read
Sheila Reads and writes Happy Full Moon! I hope this email finds you sane. Last week was rough. I wish I had something eloquent to say but I really don't. I had coffee with my author friend Victoria Mier last week (a great fortune that we live a town apart) and we talked about how you sustain and endure when you feel daunted by the responsibility of the work before you. It's fitting that I drew the 8 of Cups for this full moon in Taurus. This card is about acknowledging heartbreak and hurt...
8 months ago • 7 min read