Thoughts of a former book thief after reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak: I want someone to steal my book someday. I know that sounds counterintuitive but I consider it a strange rite of passage. It sounds weird, but if someone should come upon my book in a library or bookstore, and they don’t... Continue Reading →
The Patient Game of Writing
The game of writing is a patient one. One that requires stops and turns, breaks and many, many deletions as your characters take over in fiction or as you mull over syntax and wonder if "stop" or "thwart" would be a better descriptive choice to best convey your meaning in creative nonfiction. As far as... Continue Reading →
My Atypical Writing Sessions: How Insomnia Shapes My Writing
Dear Lovelies, A quick look through the WordPress Reader reveals that I'm not the only one struggling to drift off to sleep. I've been up for the past three hours now, alternating between scrolling through Facebook on my phone and staring at my window to catch the first peaks of dawn. My body baffles me... Continue Reading →
Tackling Creative Nonfiction: An Adventure in Self-Discovery
Dear Lovelies, I have recently started a new journey: writing a book. But not just any book, no. This book is excruciatingly personal, which automatically makes it a different kind of painful than my fiction novel I've left on the shelf. This book is unlike anything I ever thought I'd write because it's not dealing... Continue Reading →
True Success for the Creative Writer
“In American culture, success is defended almost solely in monetary terms — we are defined by what we do for a living, and our success is measured by how sumptuous a living we earn. It is an easy jump to assume that if we cannot manage to earn a living through our creative work, then we... Continue Reading →
Musings of a Wanderer 