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Spring has come to Chicago!

I walked outside my apartment this morning and was greeted with the glorious knowledge that spring has finally crawled out from under its blanket of snow. I love winter and snow and everything that comes with it, but I am so ready for it to be warm outside. Even now as I sit at my…
I Am an Adult Now, and Other Odd Things: Liz goes to work!

Day One of my new job! I already love it. I have my own computer and desk and my coffee cup is sitting here nicely beside me as I type (lunch break!). I also got a neat water tumbler and have been diligently drinking water all day (excuse me while I go to the restroom real…
Great news from Chicago-land!

Hello faithful readers and fellow writers! Today is a great day. I just got offered a job as a Content Writer at a marketing company in Chicago! Woo. Now I can do a thing for a living that I went to school for. This is an English major’s dream come true. I start on Monday!…
NEAT. Issue 7: Winter 2014 – 2015 . . . has arrived!

Hey all! Go check out the new issue of NEAT. up on the website. It’s full of lovely, dirge-ful writing (that’s a word because I say so) and I’m so happy to have been a part in reading and selecting these.
Hello hello from the great white Midwest

Concerned readers will be happy to know that I am finally back from my hiatus. I am writing to you from a whole new city: Chicago! A lot of packing, an ungodly amount of stress and adrenaline, and a cold-as-shit blizzard of a move-in day later, and I have officially been here for a month.…
Happy New Year!

I braved the holiday season, I ate a million cookies, and I drank three-fourths of a giant bottle of Yellowtail Moscato on New Year’s. But I’m back! Lots of stuff on my plate for the new year. I don’t have “resolutions,” per se, but I have plenty of goals. “Resolution” is just a fancy buzzword…
Story of the Week #13 — “Lower Your Muzzle” by Megan Giddings

This week’s story is by a former classmate of mine. Megan graduated with her master’s degree a year before I did and is now studying for her MFA. Her writing is definitely what I would call Literary with a capital ‘L,’ and it’s no surprise to me that her stories are getting picked up left and…
NaNoWriMo — What did I do? What didn’t I do?

Well folks here we are almost at the end of November, and I can’t say it’s been a super successful NaNoWriMo for me, mainly because I’m a tad lazy these days. But just because it’s not super successful doesn’t mean it’s not successful at all. I do feel like I was able to ready my novel for…
Story of the Week #12 — “Cygnet Lake” by Doug McBride

Since I’m bringing Story of the Week back after probably a year of neglect, I will treat you dear Readers to something short and sweet to start things off again. And since the deadline for the Fall 2014 issue of NEAT. is rapidly approaching, I think it’s appropriate to showcase one of the fiction pieces from…
Story of the Week is Back!

I’ve decided to bring back Story of the Week, mostly because I miss searching for and reading all those good stories. So look out for some content going up later today!