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Daily Writing Prompt #3
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet” — Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene II Names are a funny thing—everyone’s got one. Most of us don’t even choose our own, yet we’re content with what we’ve been labelled. We even build entire personalities around…
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Daily Writing Prompt #1
I’ve never responded to one of WordPress’s daily writing prompts, but seeing this one I couldn’t help but come up with something. First let me introduce the lady of the hour, Lily. My rather large rescue cat of about 9 or 10 years old is quite the character. Over the years with a lot of…
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On Being Tired
Exhaustion is a hell of a feeling. One minute I’m resting quietly in bed, the next, my alarm is screaming in my ears, searching for a reprieve from its daily duty as an arbiter of restlessness. I woke up feeling exhausted today. And while the symptom is likely from me smoking too much pot last…
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On Musings
For a few weeks, I’ve been mulling over the idea of creative non-fiction or in my personal writing experience, musings and ramblings. I love writing but lately, I think I’ve been pushing my writing into neat and tidy genre boxes, in part because my career demands that my writing (content) fits a particular need and…
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So I Just Turned 26 and I Have Thoughts
Today is my 26th birthday! While in the grand scheme of things, it’s just another year around the sun, I can attest that there is some significance to this milestone— at least for me, there is. As I reflect on the past few years of my life, I realize that I’ve come a long way…
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Collaboration Announcement
Hey guys! So last week I wrote an open letter for The Roads We Take (check out their blog it is fantastic). I just wanted to provide you all with the link to the piece I wrote! Click Here! If any of you read it let me know what you think through comments here or…
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