Category: writing about writing

Shutting Down, Opening Up

Recently, I’ve had a few things of mine published: “Soft Power,” in One Forty Fiction (Twitter-sized stories) and “Playing Female,” in Monkeybicycle. I hope you enjoy them. It’s also been around a year or so since this blog’s inception, so I decided to give it a makeover (if you hadn’t...

Word Dealing

It’s been a while, but fortunately, I’ve done a few things during this blog hiatus. Recently, my short piece, “Word Dealer,” was published in the second issue of Paper and the Sea. My amazing friend Angela provided the cover art and some writing as well. It all came out gorgeous....

Writing and Loneliness

I’ve been extremely ill this past week or so. I could barely even talk. All I’ve been doing is watching DVDs in bed and trying my hardest to sleep the sickness away. Fortunately, I’ve been doing a lot better lately. I’ve finished reading the newest issue of the Indiana Review,...

The First Rejection

I got my first official rejection this week. It was sort of strange because I honestly thought I would be much more disappointed – in myself, obviously, or perhaps in the journal that didn’t believe in me. But if anything, I actually feel more excited now. More excited to write...