A little boost


From the very little experience I have with writing, I do know one thing. It is possible to get stuck for what seems like FOREVER. Then I start to lose confidence and just want to trash everything I have ever written. I can have as many friends or family tell me It's great and I…

My Originality Conflict


My book list is constantly growing. In fact, it is ridiculous. I am constantly scribbling down books professors suggest or ramble off during class, as well as things I come across in my reading for my english classes, blog book reviews, and my own avid curiosity to find good reads. But then I read something today…

And it hit me


; Sometimes I think I over-complicate everything. But something that really hit me over the head today (which I had heard on numerous occasions before, but it obviously never hit me hard enough) is that in all things, you just have to do it. In my fiction writing class there is this theme that is…

Scrambling for words


For my twenty-first birthday this year, the exciting thing I did was get to pick out some books at Hastings. This may seem sort of depressing for a twenty-first birthday but I really enjoyed just lounging around Hastings with my boyfriend and acting like a child in a candy store (or a Kassie in a…