I finally submitted some stuff. Finally forced myself to bring a piece to completion and ship out to be judged. I unfortunately finally got my act together after most literary magazines have closed their submissions for the summer. I found a few that take rolling submissions that I’d like to see my work in and …
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Caring is Cool: A Letter to Myself At 14
Dear Amanda-at-14, I just want to let you know that caring about stuff is okay. In fact, caring is pretty cool. I know how much easier it is to pretend like you don’t care, because if something goes wrong no one has to know that it mattered to you. I know how much you hate …
So the Truth Is…
When I started this blog two years ago (oh my god…) my original intention was to write about my life as a writer. It wasn’t long until I chickened out and decided that my approach was too boring, not pretty enough, and not enjoyable for anyone but myself. But now as I approach my two …
Getting Over a NaNo Hangover
I don’t think people talk about the subtle depression you fall into once NaNoWriMo is over. For those of you who aren’t aware, NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month, a decade long tradition of writers gathering in person and online to each write 50,000 words (the average length of a novel) over a period …
And Now the Words are Bubbling Up…
It's silly how I've let an education from 15 years ago change the way I write. Silly and embarrassing. But this is how we grow. This is how we change how we write. And this is how we change how we live.
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