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  • Sprint Week, Day 2: Let it Go

    The readings for today’s sprint class had a common theme: forget your hangups and go with your gut when it comes to architecture. Louis Kahn, in “Form and Design” (1961), told the story of a young architect coming to him with a problem: he could dream as big as he…

  • Sprint Week and Other Updates, Or, The Short Story of How Liz Has Too Much to Do and Yet Keeps Piling Stuff on Anyway

    Hey all! Sorry I’ve been so absent lately. Things (novel-ing, grad school-ing, reading, writing, Final Fantasy-ing) have been hectic. Here’s a quick rehash of what I’ve been up to: -Louisville Comic Con (haven’t decided yet whether or not I’m going to write a post about this — I’ll have to…

  • This Weekend in Bullet Points — Reading, Writing, and #neatingout

    Lots of new things happening in Liz’s life right now. 1. I turned 24 this past week. I feel old. 2.The third issue of NEAT. is about to go live. There is a metric tonne of poetry in this one, and I’m super pumped about it. Can’t wait to sit…

  • WARNING: Rant Ahead — Liz’s Thoughts on “Genre”

    First of all, WordPress informed me yesterday that it was my one-year anniversary with this site. Woohoo. I’ve managed to annoy people with words for a whole 365 days now. Here’s to 365 more! Okay. On to the nitty gritty. Yesterday morning I read my friend Katie’s blog post about…

  • Reading List #3 — Plainsong

    Yes, yes, here it is, the elusive #3. I decided to not be lazy (ironic, considering I feel like poop) and finish this entry. This week, I read Plainsong by Kent Haruf. This book is about a group of characters in the town of Holt, Colorado. In a seemingly simple, episodic narrative,…

  • Reading List #4 — Jesus’ Son

    If you’re confused that this is #4 and not #3, good on you for paying attention. I have #3 drafted, but I never seem to have the book around to grab quotes out of, so it will sit there for at least another day until I can stop being lazy…

  • …Like a Patient Etherized Upon a Table

    Let’s get something straight. I write fiction. Fiction is what I do. Novels, short stories, flash fiction, non-fiction (it made me crazy, but I did it). But every now and then, when the moon is at its apex in the eastern sky and the crickets are singing and there’s beer…

  • Writing Day Success!

    Well, Saturday was my big day to sit at home, lock myself in a room, and write all day. The goal was to finish two chapters of my novel and write as much as possible, hopefully bringing me closer to finishing my novel. I snuggled up in bed with two…

  • From Narnia, With Love: Thoughts for the New Year

    It’s a winter wonderland outside my house right now. Winter is my favorite season for numerous reasons, beginning and ending with my love of hot chocolate and warmth. That probably sounds a bit confusing — if I love being warm, why would I pick winter? Easy. The kind of warmth…

  • Reading List #1 — DUNE

    All right. The semester is over (has been for a while, actually) and I survived. Now it’s time to get reading. Thus begins studying in earnest to acquire my degree. Are you, avid Readers, ready? Because I’m not. Here we go anyway. The first book I’m focusing on from my…