Hello, friends! I had a pretty busy July. A lot of my month was scheduled around and related to my trip to Virginia! For about two weeks, I was traveling to/from and staying with my aunt and cousins in Virginia. More on that to come, so let's go through the list! academic This month I've …
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 …
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, …
Me: says I'm going to blog more regularly Also me: does not do that Hello, friends! Being back at school has already been hectic and the real work has barely begun. That said, time for writing has been very minimal as of late. Still, I'm working on a couple of things and I have …
Hello, friends. As we all know, it's just about time for the new year, which means it's also time to get our hopes and dreams up and watch them perish slowly over the next 365 days. I'm talking about New Years' Resolutions. In my discussion of the subject, I'm going to mention something that I …
2016 has been quite a year. Globally, nationally, and personally, we've all experienced our fair share of chaos. For me, this was my first semester of college. I was introduced to a new school in a new city, with no familiar friends or family in the area. Aside from briefly talking to my roommate over …
At present, I'm in an Intro to Short Story class, and it's become one of my favorites this semester. One of the best aspects of the class is critique workshops. Every few weeks, we write a short story. Everyone reads each other's stories and we go over about four at a time. Now, regardless of …
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