[Monthly Ollie] Dodging the creative burnout debuff

Creativity is a process.

Published May 10, 2026 by Oleander Craw in Newsletter Share

I've had a lot of new folks sign up for the newsletter lately, so if you're new here: hello, and welcome!

I can't believe it's already May 💀 This year has been absolutely packed, especially getting ready for this Kickstarter in June on top of everything else...which kind of inspired the topic of today's newsletter!

In today's monthly newsletter, I'm going to be talking about the following:

Dodging the Creative Burnout Debuff
Writing Updates: Devouring Fortune Kickstarter & WIP: Stormforks
A Shiny Internet Thing: Radio Lento podcast
What I Read: Cori Catchthorne's Europa University: Admissions serial
Asshole of the Month: Varrick

Alrighty, shall we get into it? Let's gooo.

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