Tag: Writing

• The story of an old college car

  May 15, 2023

  A little over two years ago, an old white car sat in a rundown used dealership lot. It had an old battery, a broken jump seat, and the faint smell of cigarettes. A broke college student saw the listing online and ran to the dealer for a test… Read More

• Stepping into the scary bookish world

  March 27, 2023

  I like to give names to things, especially if they’re intimidating or difficult to work with. It makes it easier for me to approach the scary task or object, or reel in my “upsetments” and take a few deep breaths. This month, one of those scary things I… Read More

• The thing that changed my writing

  March 13, 2023

  We’ve all been there at some point as writers: staring in horror at the blinding vastness of a pearly white page, swearing we could hear the ticking taunts of the second hand with every flash of the cursor. The beginning of a story that hadn’t yet been written.… Read More

• The read that made me want to write

  February 27, 2023

  It was November of 2019, I believe, when my bookish college roommate gifted me a tattered copy of Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca (1938) for my 20th birthday. It wasn’t until the pandemic hit and we were all confined to the walls of our homes that I finally picked… Read More

• 5 questions to make every word count

  September 24, 2022

  It’s 4:30PM on a Friday—nearly time to head home—when someone stops by your desk to let you know they need a social post ready for Monday morning. They tell you they just emailed you the blurb—or worse, they toss a printed sheet down as they’re walking out, wishing… Read More

• There’s always shattered glass in the street

  November 15, 2021

  Utah streets at night are becoming the theme of my blog; I’ve just accepted it. A few nights ago I was driving back from campus late and the day had been particularly rainy. The traffic lights left colorful smears on the wet, blackened pavement like they always did,… Read More