Will My Prose Age Like Vintage Liquor?
At the end of each year, I evaluate my growth as a writer. I have an unquenchable desire to refine my craft, to make my words flow with more grace, and to articulate my thoughts with clarity and purpose. The rhythm and meter of prose have become like vital bodily functions. Yet, I still stumble […]
When An End is But a New Beginning
Life has a funny way of ending chapters right when you’re finally starting to enjoy them. You’ll be knee-deep in a gripping plot, the kind that’s finally making sense, when bam! The universe slams the cover shut. Meanwhile, some other chapters drag on like a bad TV show that just won’t get canceled, leaving you […]
Passion and Creativity
I’ve always had a burning passion to create things. From my early childhood stacking blocks into structures, constructing with Duplos and later Legos both guided and freestyle, I’ve always appreciated the act of building. I’d even create fake laptop computers on construction paper by drawing a screen on one half and drawing a custom keyboard […]
An Obsession with Beat, Rhyme, Melody, and Time
There’s a certain madness that comes with devotion to the written word. I’m wholly, irrationally obsessed with them. Words wrap themselves around my thoughts, cunning and seductive, whispering sweet nothings about the meaning of life. They’re also on about the importance of rhythm in all things, however dull they may seem individually. But words alone […]
Looking Forward: A Chronicle of Optimism, Regret, and Sarcastic Realism
What do I look forward to each day? Well, I wake up each day hoping that something, really anything, will jolt me from my daily cycle of overthinking, procrastination, and the onset of my imminent mid-life crisis. Maybe it’s the prospect of finally finishing that ever-growing list of drafts I’ve promised myself I’d clear out […]
What Must Be Laid Bare
When we are young, do we really know who our heroes are? Our innocence shields us from the truth of sin; we don’t yet fathom the subterfuge of what is today commonly called “adulting”. So much of what we learn as kids turns out to be hollow promises and flat out lies. I often lay […]
Why I Don’t Write Holiday Themed Content
Before you “at” me or cancel me for not basking in the holiday spirit, let me regale you with the reasons I’ve never bothered to write much holiday-themed content. Early on in my weblogging career, I might have penned a Halloween, Thanksgiving, or Christmas-related piece, but only if I was feeling particularly festive or there […]
Weight of the Words
My life as a writer is inundated constantly by mental snapshots, a slideshow of potential genius that slowly morphs into something like a PowerPoint of existential dread. The words I usually dodge, unfortunately, are the juiciest bits, the recurring nightmares that gnaw at my soul every morning.The echoes of my unfulfilled past life make sure […]
Musings of a Frustrated Creative
I must confess, I’ve made—and broken—the solemn vow to do something creative every day more times than I care to count. “I’ll write a little bit each day,” I say to myself. Yet, like clockwork, after a solid week of productivity, I’ll hit that inevitable wall. It’s not for lack of time, either. Some days, […]