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Inspiration Doesn’t Always Come From Books!
Sometimes it takes something that goes beyond simply reading to find the spark for your next poem.
Hello to All This!
This is my final blog as the Nonfiction Graduate Ambassador for CCC and it’s my time to reflect on the place that’s been my home, my community, and, most importantly, the well-spring of my creativity for the last three years. It’s hard to do; my wealth of thoughts and feelings are hard to summarize despite the writerly expertise I’ve accrued in these years.
So Long, Farewell…
Cue up the graduation music, pop off the streamers, and light the fireworks…because it’s time for me to GRADUATE! Wow, has it been one hell of a ride! The last three years of my life have been full of learning about my craft and myself. I have grown in so many ways…I appreciate my life so much. I don’t even feel sad about graduating, unlike when I received my undergraduate degree and then wept all that night.
Quotes to Write By
Writing is what I live by; it’s the reason why I’m in grad school getting an MFA. Still, with the stress of classroom assignments, worksho..
AWP: It Sounds Like Root Beer, But It’s Actually Very Important
Downtown Portland, Oregon: Home of AWP 2019
By a strange twist of fate, Portland, Oregon, and Portland, Maine, are on roughly the same..
Writing Through the Frustration
I’d like to believe that there is no such thing as “writer’s block.” I could write for days about topics that I care about. Would they all..
I Love Thesis to Pieces
An early draft of my thesis. While I’ve learned to write, I still cannot spell.
“Thesis” is a fun word to say. It makes your tongue push..
Change is Hard…But Good
I changed my thesis…no, this isn’t a writing prompt or the first line of a suspense novel—it’s my truth. (more…)
Electronics versus Paper: Workshop Edition
Full disclosure: before this semester, the only type of workshops that I have ever encountered—whether it was in undergrad, my week at VON..
Creative Writing is for Lovers
Plant the seeds of love and watch a heart-shaped tree grow.
Valentine’s Day is upon us. All around the Columbia College Chicago campus..