se·man·tic /səˈman(t)ik/
Adjective. Of, or relating to, meaning in language; arising from the different meaning of words or other symbols.
I have always loved words. Not just their definitions. Their weight. The way a single word can hold an entire story inside it. The thing we meant to say and the thing we actually said. The distance between the two.
“Hopeless Romantic” describes a person in love with love. I am a Hopeless Semantic. A person in love with meaning. With language and subtext and the stories we tell ourselves about who we are, how we got here, and what we’re going to do about it.
This is where those stories live.
Dispatches from the intersection of humor and heartbreak: the writing life, my sobriety (founded on April 28, 2018), why dogs are better than humans, pop culture (the good, the great, AND the gross), WTF is going on in the world (no really… what the F IS going on in the world), and whatever else is currently lighting me up. Funny ha-ha and funny strange and funny-not-funny. We will not shy away from politics, because silence isn’t an option. We will absolutely get personal, because good writing has to be. Some weeks short; some weeks longer and harder-won. Occasionally, a word spotted in the wild that cracked something open and I had to tell you about it.
I’m Sarah Grace McCandless: novelist, screenwriter, producer, workshop teacher, Poshmarker, and proud dog mom to Gilda Radner, my corgi-terrier rescue. Born in Chicago, raised in the suburbs of Detroit, served time in Portland (Oregon), DC and NYC, but now living the life of a showgirl in Las Vegas with frequent jaunts to Los Angeles.
Welcome. I’m glad you’re here. My friends call me SG.
