A year ago today, I was introduced to one of the most inspiring writers I’ve ever had the pleasure to meet. Berry Lopez, a traveling writer of both award winning fiction and non-fiction, gave me the encouragement I needed my freshman year to rekindle my love for words. That night when I sat down in … More Five Things I Learned From A Traveling Writer: One Year Later
Last week I was awarded the Liebester Award by the lovely Rachel at vintagepress.ca. If you would, hop over there after this post and check out her blog. It’s full of wonderful college advice, recipes, and book reviews. You certainly can’t get much better than that. Anyhow, I’m very thankful for the award, so I guess … More Accepting the Liebester Award
You do reviews now, too? I do when I find a lovely, functional, and inexpensive leatherette journal. Really, you shouldn’t be that surprised. After all, I am an English major. Notebooks and Journals qualify as a bare necessity of writerly life. What if you’re stranded on an island? You can’t write a novel in the sand. … More Review: Markings ‘Possibilities’ Journal
February has been a crazy weather month, which is normal for Texas. However, I’m really not a fan of having seventy-degree short weather and nasty ice all in a single weekend. Either way, I’m tucked away inside with nothing to do as I hide from the demonic polar vortex outside. Apparently boredom makes me brave, … More Fun Fiction {Ready or Not}
It’s five o’clock in the afternoon and I’ve finally ventured out of bed with the realization that I haven’t prepared a blog post. My first excused is that it’s Christmas break and I’m catching up on sleep. Secondly, it’s Christmas break and I’m catching up with my poorly neglected reading list. Actually, it seems as … More Christmas Reading List 2014
This semester I was presented with the opportunity to attend a question-and-answer session with Berry Lopez, an author I’ve come to admire and respect for both his award-winning fiction and non-fiction. I’d spent the last five months exploring and discussing many aspects of one of his books, so it’s a bit of an understatement to … More Five Things I Learned from a Traveling Writer
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