writing
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The Carrying-On: Continuing to create when you’re feeling silenced.
Another writer asked me the other day if “the misery of writing when the social fabric is unraveling” gets in the way of my creative process. He asked me this because I write things so imbedded in the current cultural climate. I was really struck by this question, mostly because I’ve never really considered my… Continue reading
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The Virgin Suicides, the Male Gaze, and holding on to your problematic faves
I came across this great article last week, “Does The Virgin Suicides Hold Up 25 Years Later?” by Emily Temple on @Lithub’s twitter and it really made me think, even though I couldn’t really relate to the initial argument (The first line points out that the novel debuted 25 years ago. I also debuted 25… Continue reading
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Don't fight the flow–The controllable factor of Writer's Block
You know those days that you feel like it takes a natural disaster, a magic potion, and a sacrifice to the gods to get any writing done? Here’s what I’ve learned about handling writer’s block. Continue reading
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Getting Started on Bookstagram
Maybe you’re like me. Maybe you’ve been oohing and ahhing over other people’s bookstagram from the outside. Here’s some of the things I learned from my research and my first month (along with photos of some of the feeds that I love and friends that I’ve made along the way!) Continue reading
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My first month on Bookstagram!
I️ don’t know how it took me so long to jump on this bandwagon, but have you SEEN the beauty that is #bookstagram? I didn’t know it existed until about a year ago, when I was so desperately trying to avoid getting my grad school application and writing samples completed. I stumbled upon some gorgeous… Continue reading
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On motivation by proximity to people who are better than you
*as demonstrated by this super-high-quality-photo-in-the-bar-we-went-to-every-night I feel I should start by prefacing this by saying that RWW brought with it a huge sense of community, which in writing is soooooo important. Writing is a pretty personal and essentially lonely process. But, good writing? It takes other people. Other minds. Someone that sees what you’re trying… Continue reading
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Tab on Sabbatical (RWW Residency pt. 1)
I'd had plans for my next post. It was a follow-up to this post detailing some of the fun things I've gotten to do lately, how I've been coming out of my cage and I've been doing just fine, ultimately proving my last post to just be a humble brag about how guys, come on, you… Continue reading
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Well, this is awkward.
My friends, I’ve been awfully rude. You see, an introduction never seemed in order because I have been (and still am, sort of) under the impression that almost no one reads this blog. Continue reading
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On The Wallcreeper and liking things
Do you ever read something and you know you like it but you’re not sure if it’s actually good? Or is that just a problem isolated to those trying to find a place in the literary world? It’s tricky to worry about what you “should” think is good. I tend to buy more into the… Continue reading
