Tag: writing

  • Inspiration for my new project . . .

    Here’s an old picture of Manchester London Railway Station (now Piccadilly Railway Station).

  • Well, I did a thing.

    I did an exciting thing.

  • 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…

  • Great news from Chicago-land!

    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…

  • 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”…

  • Had a good conversation this morning and wanted to share . . .

    I will post some more updates later, but first I wanted to share this conversation I had (with my friends Beth and Kathryn) this morning about writing,  and some thoughts about how writing helps us better understand our own thoughts and feelings. Read more here. >> How do you see your…

  • “One day I will…

    “One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.” — Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums

  • How David James Poissant Became a Writer

    How David James Poissant Became a Writer. Check out the latest entry in my friend Kelcey Parker‘s series “How to Become a Writer.” I met Jamie Poissant when he came to Miami for a reading a couple months ago, and you’ll never meet a nicer, more down-to-earth person. Plus his…

  • Sprint Week Story: “The Ghost and I Watched the Sky Fall Together”

    Well, dear Readers, Sprint Week is over! I had an awesome time working with and learning from Kelcey Parker this week, and I think I got some good ideas out of it. I’m excited about the prospects this new knowledge and outlook (story=structure) will have on my writing. I promised…

  • 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…