I’ve talked in length about my history with Hey Arnold! fanfiction. What you may not realize is that my first COMPLETED fanfic was not about Hey Arnold! – it was actually a crossover between Pokémon and Barney the purple dinosaur. In 1998 I created a website on Angelfire dubbed Pokécutie; it was a fanpage dedicated […]
Category: My Writing
Actionable writing advice and tips that aspiring writers can use for motivation in their creative career and journey.
How the Toronto Raptors Teach Perseverance in Writing
The impossible has happened! The Toronto Raptors have finally made it the NBA Finals, after several years of false starts and disappointment. This basketball team is no overnight success. As a writer, a lot of lessons can be gleaned from the glorious ascension of the Raptors: They took a leap of faith In 2018, Masai […]
How the Movie ‘Booksmart’ Teaches You to Live Your Best Life
[This is a spoiler-free post] I was a nerd in high school. More concerned with schoolwork than friends, I was the girl who would bring a book to read at dances. I don’t regret focusing on my grades, but sometimes I wish I would have spent more time fostering relationships with my fellow classmates. I […]
How to Not Make a Mountain out of a Molehill
Or: There’s no Use Crying over Spilled Iced Coffee I was on the subway the other day. I sat across from a person in the subway car that was taking up two seats as he lounged and sipped on an iced coffee. At some point during the trip, he accidentally dropped the coffee on the […]
Is Blogging a Waste of Time?
Ariana Grande has put the blogging community on notice. The “God is a Woman” star spoke out to publicly defend Justin Bieber’s performance at Coachella. In the process, she spoke out against bloggers in the infamous, now-deleted tweet: “People are so lost. One day everybody that works at all them blogs will realise how unfulfilled […]