I’m starting to slowly believe in the merits of fast-writing. It wasn’t always this way. I remember being told by a mentor that it takes 7 years to complete a book. SEVEN YEARS? I remember thinking about that with astonishment. Back then, as an impatient 22-year old, it was hard to imagine 7 long years […]
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I’m supposed to be working on my vignette collection, yet there was something about this piece that just flew out from my fingers onto the keyboard. As it was, I couldn’t ignore. I think one of the underlying themes of this vignette is the lengths at which we’ll go to self-punish ourselves. I didn’t really
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I’d always been curious about “I’m Glad My Mom Died” and with a title like that, how could you not be? Like most people my age, the other part of my curiosity was fueled by my familiarity with Jennette’s character, Sam, from iCarly. It was one of the few shows I’d really enjoyed as a
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