Image description: the author wears a mask and gives a sarcastic thumbs up. Hello! It’s been a minute. And by that I mean it’s been five months. (See, I learned the cool kids use the term “minute” to indicate periods of time far exceeding sixty seconds. I’ve gotten hip during the pandemic, yes?) I haven’t …
A Publication Announcement–And All the Feels
Artist: Erin Murphy. Image description: painting of a white house on an orange background. I am honored to announce my short story "To the Future Child Residents of 27 Oakbridge Road" is featured in the current issue of Far From This, a quarterly digital illustration journal by New York based designer Erin Murphy. I want …
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Science Based Stress Relief: A Playlist
Image description: black and white picture of a record player. Since this pandemic started heating up, I've leaned on music to help me feel better and get to a place where I can write. Turns out there's a scientific basis to my practice. Listening to music releases the happy chemical dopamine in our brains. It …
Science Based Stress Relief: A Showcase of Pets
In order to continue creative work as COVID-19 takes up more and more of the headlines, I've also had to get creative about stress relief. Anyone who's ever come home from a hard day to a wagging tail or purring ball of fluff instinctively knows the stress relieving benefits of the animal kingdom. Turns out, …
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Love in the Time of COVID-19
Friends- Regardless of it you are a writer or not, the world is an upsetting place right now. Sickness is everywhere. It's hard to focus on putting pen to paper when it feels like the world is crumbling. But among the terror is something extraordinary. Among the terror is love. Every time someone cancels a …
Burnout in Healthcare: A Personal Story
In addition to writing, I’m also a physical therapist. Recently, I was honored when my friends Jenne and Andrea asked me to discuss how I use writing to fuel my physical therapy career in their group Women in Healthcare: Finding Joy After Burnout. I converted what I wrote to a blog post below. While I …
Hello 2020!
Photo credit: HusbeastPhoto description: view down a forested path with a large rock formation to the left. Happy New Year to those of you who use the Gregorian calendar. I hope you will forgive me, dear friends, for using this post for a bit of self-assessment. I share this both to keep myself accountable and …
This Holiday Season You Aren’t Broken
I adapted the following from a post I wrote on my personal social media for Thanksgiving. I felt it bore repeating today. It doesn't relate directly to writing, but it does have a lot to do with being human, and being human is the soul of my writing. Photo credit: HusbeastPhoto description: Sun shines on …
Diversity in Writing
Friends, I've messed up. For a long time I didn't realize the phrase "gypped" was a slur against people of Roma heritage, and for years I used it in conversation. It took me until my twenties to realize that some people are asexual or aromantic and in my ignorance I made hurtful comments. A few …
Lessons from NaNoWriMo 2019
November is over, and with it ends the joyous (and arguably masochistic) NaNoWriMo. This year, I set a goal of revising 50,000 words, and by the end of November I hit about 78,000. My brain says ouch. Here are my biggest takeaways from NaNoWriMo 2019. Screen shot of my winning word count for NaNoWriMo 2019. …
