via Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B0BxRFghfEF/ I am going to be interviewing Mike Bockoven, the author of the horror novels FantasicLand and Pack, for my podcast, tomorrow. #fantasticland, people! I need your questions for him. Hit me up! Comment here, or, if you want to be private, email me at carla@nulltheremightbecupcakes.com. #pack #mikebockoven #interviews #horrorinterviews #horror #horrornovels #slashers […]
Tag Archives: POTS
Episode 30: A Zebra with No Spoons
I have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, fibromyalgia, and POTS. Books quoted in this episode: Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving and Finding the Church by Rachel Held Evans A Wind in the Door (Time Quintet Book 2) by Madeleine L’Engle Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs: A True Story of Bad Breaks and Small Miracles […]
Mental illness lies to us about isolation
View this post on Instagram Hi, my name is Carla, I’m 46, I’m a podcaster, I have 2 dogs…and I have chronic primary and secondary depression and anxiety. What I mean by this is that I have them as stand-alone diagnoses, then have them compounded as both symptoms of, and then also natural consequences of, […]
Book Lists: Chronic Illness
Listopia on Goodreads: Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Firsthand Accounts of Living with Chronic, Invisible Illness(es) my chronic illness Goodreads bookshelf Bumped to the top of my to-be-read list from these two Listopia/Goodreads lists: The Lonely Patient: How We Experience Illness * Michael Stein The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness * Karen Armstrong In the Kingdom […]
Episode 26: Pilgrim at Little Piney Creek
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard: Kindle, Audible (narrated by Tavia Gilbert), paperback formats Some books entertain you, some books distract you, and some books, if you are very, very lucky and find them, captivate you, and take your breath away from the very first page. You recognize them–and it almost feels as if […]
Episode 19 Teaser
Lovelies, I am sorry, but I am not going to be recording and publishing until tomorrow. I almost had a syncope (POTS fainting) episode today–luckily thwarted by last week’s ER doc’s medical advice, but even “almost” tears my body up. But it’s going to be a good one, and since I am late, I will […]
There Might Be Cupcakes Podcast
About Me, Myself, and Cupcakes Hi, I’m Carla. I’m a 47-year-old disabled writer. I live on a mountain in the Appalachian range, in the section known as the Blue Ridge in the state of Virginia, right on the edge of the George Washington National Forest. The latter makes the Missing 411 phenomenon extra spooky. The […]
Episode 12: Driving, Dancing, and Pizza Hut
Book suggested for Audible: Yes Please by Amy Poehler link for free copy of Yes Please and a 30-day trial of Audible, the wonderful audiobook subscription service and store with the best customer service of any bookstore link to purchase Yes Please in audio format, narrated by the author, from Audible’s partner, Amazon Books quoted […]
Upcoming Local True Crime: Help Save the Next Girl
A great day! Help me WELCOME Roanoke City Police Department’s new Help Save the Next Girl patrol car! Patrol units will be in it responding to 911 calls 24/7. Help Save the Next Girl’s President and Founder, Gil Harrington, remarked: I am absolutely thrilled that Roanoke PD is literally “taking it to the street.” When […]
Episode 1: Poe and Carla and Cupcakes: Nicetameetcha
Poe and Carla and Cupcakes: Nicetameetcha In which Carla explains why eccentric doesn’t equal crazy, that horror poetry is a thing, and cupcakes are linked to better mental health. And books. So many books. Believe only of what you see, and nothing of what you hear. —Edgar Allan Poe Annabel Lee By Edgar Allan Poe […]
Carla: Pinterest
See? Wasn’t kidding. Everything fascinates me. I want to learn it all and do it all and write it all down and this is why I need a podcast as an outlet. This is what my brain looks like, peeps. The podcast’s board: My books board: My true crime board: All of my boards: ShareTweetPinShareShare0 […]
There Might Be Cupcakes: Reason No. 3
Reason number three that I have called this podcast-to-be There Might Be Cupcakes: They allow mingling, because they are more finger food than plate food, like cake. Think back to your last shower or reception. Cake is served, and everyone sits down or perches somewhere and fills their…well…cakehole. A cupcake fits in your palm, your […]
There Might Be Cupcakes: Reason No. 2
If you over-decadent (totally making that into a verb) a cake, you either get really strange looks, or you thrust the cake’s cost into the stratosphere. Or both. And no one wants a piece of super-expensive side-eye cake–that’s too unnerving to be fun. But cupcakes are expected to be over the top, and can be […]
There Might Be Cupcakes: Reason No. 1
Why “cupcakes?” Why cupcakes? Why show up if there might be cupcakes? Why are you calling your podcast “There Might Be Cupcakes”, flaky chick? So many reasons, starting with all the reasons in my friend @greggaestyle and his splendid comedy routine about the joy of cake. But so many more riffing off of that! Here’s […]