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A Requiem for a slow(ish) Winter
Today is finally spring! It’s felt like it for a while here in AZ, of course, but there’s something about the finality of the changing seasons. Winter is supposed to be the time to slow down, but for the most part, this season has been one of the busiest I’ve ever had. I traveled for… Continue reading
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Coming Out of my Unofficial Bookstagram Hiatus and I’ve Been Doing Just Fine
(Alternate Title: The Bookstagram Update Nobody Asked For) If you’ve been around for a while, you may remember when I first fell down the #bookstagram rabbit hole. I first made the account in November 2017 as a way to share more about my grad school experience and motivate me to enjoy reading again. It was… Continue reading
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On Changing my Entire Outlook on Life
(Or, trying to, anyway) On the day after Christmas last year, my sister Brittany and I spent an afternoon in downtown Temecula fantasizing over the lives we wanted desperately to manifest for ourselves. It was one of those perfect days when I could feel the core memory forming as it happened. I remember thinking how… Continue reading
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Eating tour of Tacoma, Public Transit Style
(But it gets progressively more unhinged) Before my recent trip to Tacoma for a writing residency, I researched restaurants for days. All I wanted was to eat some good PNW seafood on a patio by the Sound (that I could squeeze into a day of airports, trains, and busses). I even considered adding two extra… Continue reading
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What i learned from failing nanowrimo (again)
Well, it’s finally December, which means I can stop pretending I’m going to finish this novel! My fifth and most recent attempt to participate in National Novel Writing Month was much more fruitful than any of my past attempts. I clocked in with 32,412 words. About 17K short of the 50K goal. The “novel” itself… Continue reading
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The Ordinary. | My MASKne holy grail products
I feel like I don’t need to write a long intro about how crazy the times are and all the unfortunate effects on our physical and mental well-being. We get it. We all have maskne. Here’s what I’ve been doing about it. I know that soooo many (none) of you have been dying for me… Continue reading
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About the author (lol) on her 27th birthday
Here’s how it works: I write a few blog posts. I change my whole website’s branding. I update my out-of-date bio. I don’t post again for a whole year. Repeat. The cycle continues. Five years pass. And now I’m 27 and done with my MFA and actively working toward finishing my first book and trying… Continue reading
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12 Things
Hello internet friends! It’s been a while and I’ve had the urge lately to resurrect the blog, so I thought I’d do an Amber Fillerup style 12 things post. Here’s a few little updates on some things that have happened since I was on here last! 1. Biggest news first—after finding out my thesis was… Continue reading
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16 Books I read in my MFA—Year 2
Literally just a list of books I read in my MFA program this year, with links to IndieBound! Continue reading
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