writing
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Book Diaries: My Best Friend’s Exorcism, by Grady Hendrix (2017)
Picked this up on a whim at the library and couldn’t put it down! I read My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix in just a couple of sittings because I was instantly hooked by the style and I HAD to know what happened! Some combination of the 80s setting and the teenaged main characters… Continue reading
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Thoughts on the Empire of Storms and Tower of dawn Tandem Read
Spoiler alert: It gave me life. If you’ve ever even considered reading Sarah J. Maas’ Throne of Glass series, you’ve probably discovered there are some… I don’t want to say rules. Guildlines? Suggestions? that fans of the series have very strong feelings about. Most of them have to do with order. Are you supposed to… Continue reading
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Book Diaries: The Awakening, by Kate Chopin (1899)
I’m gonna keep this one simple–Have you read this? Was it in for a class in college? Read it again. Continue reading
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Book Diaries: Milk Fed, by Melissa Broder (2021)
Care warnings: eating disorder, self-harm, and homophobia. I swear, I didn’t set out to read another horny and vaguely-incest book right after Hysteria. We blame the algorithm of Scribd being like, you liked Daddy Kink, but have you tried Mommy? (Sorry.) Either way, I’m glad they did! Milk Fed, by Melissa Broder, is essentially a diary… Continue reading
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on Failing NaNoWriMo Just to Feel Something
from sprinkler splashes to fireplace ashes, i gave my blood sweat and tears for this.i hosted parties and starved my body like i’d be saved by a perfect kiss.the jokes weren’t funny.i took the money.my friends back home don’t know what to say.i looked around in a blood-soaked gown and i saw something they can’t… Continue reading
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I’m doing good, I’m on some new shit.
(If you remember back before I started half caring about SEO when all my post titles were T Swift or FOB lyrics, you a real one.) This was gonna be a can’t-believe-I’ve-been-a-fake-blogger-for-six-years anniversary post on June 20th, my lil’ website’s birthday. Then, it was gonna be a Happy Half New Year post on July 1st,… 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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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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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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A month of flash fiction–#FlashFloodAprilj
Reading Amelia Gray’s flash fiction burst forth something new in me. It was the accessible kind of fiction that I needed then because it was something I could actually see myself writing. I find that there is something very bolstering about flash fiction. It comes together quickly and more organically and seems to require less… Continue reading
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