Writer’s Year in Review—Behind the Scenes
Being the internet-obsessed media consumer I am, when I started seeing people posting their “year in review” on Facebo..
UNDER PRESSURE
AKA The True Lives of Thesis Warriors
Okay, so I’m not really going to write an entire post on the legendary Que..
A little thing called “Thesis”
Everything about this fall feels different than the past two I’ve experienced in Chicago. I’m no longer trying to figur..
Rising to the Top
Riding Up the World’s Longest Escalator
Like most creative fields, writing can get competitive. Inside the writing community people ma..
Intern Life
As I mentioned in a prior post, I’ve begun a new endeavor: working as an intern with 826CHI. After spending two years wo..
Round Three
It’s finally here, the beginning of the end of my MFA journey!
I’ve officially begun my third and final year in CCC’..
Moving Tips for City Dwellers
Two years ago I left my home in Orlando, Florida and began my journey to Chicago. Now, we’re getting settled into ou..
Traveling to Toronto
Sometimes, it’s hard to believe that I haven’t left the city for months. With so many diverse neighborhoods, a huge ..
Printers Ball
After spending winter (and if we’re going to be honest here, most of spring) cooped up inside, Chicagoans love few th..
Experimentation and Expansion
Setting Type in the Book and Paper Studios
As writers, we all have our set methods, preferred places and times to write, our tried and..