I’ve been really into journaling in 2021. Last year, to replace the gratitude journal that I initially purchased on a whim, I made the intentional decision to invest in a quality journal to capture my thoughts and progress, as well as to keep tabs on my mental health as I continue to navigate our collective […]
Category: My Writing
Actionable writing advice and tips that aspiring writers can use for motivation in their creative career and journey.
5 Ways to Write for Publications and Make Money
Writing in 2021 has afforded me pretty decent results. In 2019, I published “Waiting Room” on the website Midnight & Indigo. In 2020, I sold my story “Suffering Inside, but Still I Soar” to Flame Tree Press, and it was published this year in a physical anthology book that was distributed in the U.K., Canda […]
Writing Helped Me Find Myself
I don’t know who this girl is. She looks like me, but she’s a fraud. A fraud who dated a man for 10 months in 2012. I’d call him my ex-boyfriend, but that would only be salve for my ego; what we had was never defined. So let’s call him my ex-lievkrollblum. I’d gone nearly […]
Make Your Goals Like an Adult Film Star
Now that I have your attention… I know it’s only November, but I’m already knee-deep in planning for the New Year. I think it’s a common fallacy that we have to start working towards our goals at the start of January. We have our resolutions locked and loaded and as soon as ball drops at […]
What Happens to Teacher’s Pets When They Grow Up?
I was a teacher’s pet in school. From elementary school all the way to high school, I was the student you could count on to always show up to class on time, to always get the assignment done on time, and to always follow the rules. I was what you would call a model student. […]