I was talking to a new writer friend recently and we got into a discussion about the insecurities and doubts that hold us back. And…
writer, editor, person who makes cakes
I was talking to a new writer friend recently and we got into a discussion about the insecurities and doubts that hold us back. And…
Whenever I’m going through an emotional downswing, my therapist asks me how my writing is going. I find this more than a little ‘kick me…
I’ve been dealing with a rather unfamiliar feeling lately: enthusiasm about my own writing. If you keep up with this blog (and, really, it’s not…
Well, I have some updates: good and bad. Let’s get the bad out of the way: I didn’t get into the MFA program. I know,…
This is my favorite embroidery I’ve ever done – on an aesthetic level but also on a personal one. It’s something I struggle with a…
Note: When I opened the Word doc I type my blog posts in – never underestimate my laziness when it comes to capitalization – I…
A few months ago, when I was neck-deep in new hope that I might actually finally finish this book, I was telling my boyfriend about…
When I began my MFA in Creative Nonfiction, I sat there in the first class and tried not to visibly sweat as my classmates went…
It started with a ‘Facebook Memory,’ one of those blasts from the past Zuck likes to throw into my newsfeed like a perfectly weighted spear…
I caught myself obsessing over my paltry number of ‘likes’ on an instagram post in the bath tonight, and I was ashamed (before myself and…