Hello, friends! Here is my monthly update on what I've been up to recently. May is my first month off of school so I've had a jumpstart on my summer and I'm excited to discuss what I've been working on. The most obvious change this past month has been my rebrand. As of May 15th, …
Hello, friends! As you can see, I have chosen to rebrand my blog. I've done this to make it consistent with all of my other social media. I recently made this change on all of my personal accounts, but I've finally decided to extend this to all of my media. So here I am now. …
Hello, friends! As it is the beginning of May, my summer has just begun. For the next four months, I'll be at home with my parents, relaxing and preparing for next semester. These are some things I plan to get up to while I'm off of school. academic While I'm not taking any summer classes …
Hello, friends. So yes, I made a goal to blog more and yes, I did not do that. But I want to update you on my life and what's been keeping me busy, as my spring semester is coming to a close.
Happy New Year! I know I'm a little late in posting my resolutions but better late than never, right? I've been seeing a lot of writers posting their 2018 writing resolutions. Last year I made a similar post reflecting on my hopes and ambitions so I figured I should do another this year. 1) Blog …
Symbolism. An English teacher's favorite subject. We all remember when our teachers started talking about symbolism, describing colors in terms of moods, setting in terms of historical relevance, even names in terms of character traits. They assign meaning to everything that, in our world, is completely arbitrary. As students just trying to get a diploma …
Hello, friends! Just a couple of weeks ago, I entered my second year of college. Once again, I packed my bags, patted my dog goodbye, and returned to St. Augustine to attend classes at Flagler. This year, things are different. I know where I am and who I'm with. I have an idea of how …
Hello, friends! I thought I'd let you know how my personal writing progress has been going this summer. So far, I've had about two months off of school and have been using that time to the best of my abilities. So what have I gotten up to? For starters, during the month of May, I …
This blog is not at all what I intended. Rather than being a source of tips and help, this has become an apology blog. Every time I post it's like a new depth of "oops" that I didn't even know was possible. And while I'm confronting my failures publicly, I'm not really being very productive. …
This is awkward. Anybody else here feeling awkward? The last you heard from me, I was in the middle of a writing challenge in which I anticipated writing every day of the month of February. My last post was from day 5 and I did not continue on from there. To put it most simply, …
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