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My last album was the closest I got to true expression, and looking back, to me it seems pretty eggy. It was definitely filled with pain, such that my friends asked if I was okay.

My egg cracked about 6 months after it came out, but I was well on my way before then. Most of those songs were written a year or two earlier, some even longer. (I was already working on its follow up when I cracked, and that album was, frankly, gay as hell.)

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95bc07f3... 2y ago

I poured my blood and sweat into making that album with madman determination. The only thing I ever worked harder at was… you guessed it.

And transition has already given me so much back.

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95bc07f3... 2y ago

Since I cracked, I found I didn’t really need to cling to making music like I did. Haven’t even touched a guitar in over a year. Mostly I practice singing with my new voice, and I’m finally getting comfortable with that. Maybe even pretty good? But I don’t really write songs anymore.

I don’t really need to. Not yet anyway. At some point there may be Valerie Mars music, but it will only be once I’ve settled into my new life well enough that I’m doing it for fun & art instead of desperation.

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