Category: Essays & Creative Nonfiction
Reflective pieces on life, creativity, and finding my way as a creative weirdo.
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Work-Life Balance: Leaving Work at Work
4–5 minutesI regularly go through old posts to fix any out-of-date information and prune anything that has lost its relevance or value. When I find an older story that still has something to offer, I add a short note about why it resonates with me now. This post is from when I worked full-time for a
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How to Be a Writer
2–3 minutesIf you want to know how to be a writer, think more about why you want to be a writer. Figure out what drives you to write. Do things that work with your energy, not against it.
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Second Place Cravings and Confessions
3–5 minutesI couldn’t have been more surprised when I won my first writing award seven years ago. I didn’t even know I was competing until I heard my name called.
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Spies in Disguise: A Secretly Delightful Surprise
2–3 minutesFor all the family-friendly antics of Spies in Disguise, it has an amazingly mature theme I wish I saw more often. It promises something better than a cookie-cutter action animation: a hilarious spy-flavored misadventure with an underutilized take on the theme of good vs. evil.
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Lessons From a Day with Dr. Kristen Iversen
4–5 minutesWhen the day of Dr. Kristen Iversen’s visit arrived, I woke up terribly sick. Between my fever and the number of antihistamines I took, I went through most of the day in a sweaty, lethargic, dizzy haze. While the smell of cherry cough drops rekindles a few memories, most of what I remember about that…
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10 Thoughts on 10 Years of Blogging
4–6 minutesTo celebrate my 10th anniversary of blogging, I sifted through all I’ve learned in the last decade to give you 10 pieces of advice for blogging in the long-term.
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