My elementary school had a “publishing center” where teachers would take stories that we had written and put a glossy cardboard cover on them so they looked like real books. Ever since I held that first “book” that I wrote, I wondered what it would be like to be a real published author. That wasContinueContinue reading “A Small Taste of Life as an Author”
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An Update that is Years Overdue
I cannot believe I have not blogged since May 2013! So much has happened in the past 5 years that I guess writing just took a back seat. But due to changes in life circumstances, and a new perspective, I want to write again. I will go indepth on everything in the coming days, butContinueContinue reading “An Update that is Years Overdue”
Topic 2: Season 10
I met my best friend in 2008. He came at just the right time to assist me in navigating college and the start of my career, and you couldn’t ask for a more loving loyal companion. Every morning when I wake up, he is waiting outside my door for me and greets me withContinueContinue reading “Topic 2: Season 10”
Topic 1: Season 10
Mrs. Jones’ alarm clock rings at 6am. Not that she really needs it. She just figures if she doesn’t keep some degree of a routine, she will lose her mind completely. She doesn’t have anywhere to go now that she has been laid off from her job as a middle school teacher for six months.ContinueContinue reading “Topic 1: Season 10”
And So It Begins: Week 1!
In the past, I have refused to stand on our home bathroom scale. Mom said I should monitor my weight so it wouldn’t come as such a dreaded shock when I go to the doctor’s office, but I would refuse. Knowing my weight used to only make me feel ashamed, depressed and discouraged. But Sunday,ContinueContinue reading “And So It Begins: Week 1!”
Beyond Talk, Ready to Take Action
Since I haven’t posted a blog update in six weeks, you readers are probably thinking, understandably, that I had bold plans for a healthier lifestyle but then chickened out. Actually, this isn’t the case at all. My healthy lifestyle is going strong, and to date, I have lost fourteen pounds! A doctor once told meContinueContinue reading “Beyond Talk, Ready to Take Action”
Introducing Myself and My Weighty Story
Dear Readers of Society Present and Society Future, In a college creative nonfiction course I took a few years ago, there was a discussion about how blogs can be used as documentary evidence, to record the thoughts, feelings and societal attitudes at a particular moment in history. That being said, I felt compelled to startContinueContinue reading “Introducing Myself and My Weighty Story”
Digital Books Have their Place
But Print Books Should Never Become Akin to Dinosaurs I know that as a young adult (I am 24), I should embrace all things digital, and by and large I do. I love shopping online, wasting hours on Facebook, playing with new apps, and texting people which seems so much more convenient and less intrusiveContinueContinue reading “Digital Books Have their Place”
Inside the Mind of a High School Junior
The First High-stakes Decision of a Young Person’s Life How can it already be time to decide where I will go to college? Well, I guess I am a junior in high school. It should not have come as a surprise. I always knew I would be going to college. It was an expectation my parentsContinueContinue reading “Inside the Mind of a High School Junior”
Convicted
The Mother’s Day I Threw the Book at Mom The year I was in third grade was a difficult year for my mother. She had started a new job in October that required her to work rotating shifts, one week of days and one week of nights. Just when she had adjusted to one shift, itContinueContinue reading “Convicted”
Gilbert and Me 