Three weeks into this Covid fear and conspiracy theories are increasing on my Facebook feed. This isn’t so much fear over the virus as it is in how the social distancing has gone. For example… A meme of a man being arrested for swimming alone in the ocean and a caption that decries ...
I try to laugh when I realize the apocalypse looks like homemaking. Who would’ve thought quarantine coping skills would entail so much housework? But, as far as world-altering scenarios go this one has been like a quiet unfolding. Covid-19 seems to signal the end of life as we knew it, ...
Seven years ago I set out to get serious about my writing. My dream to tell stories, construct beautiful sentences, and write entire books became a passion. I wanted to be a better writer without stopping life to get an MFA. So, I hit the library for books on writing. I listened to Bird by Bird ...
"Visiting ancestors only stay as long as someone is listening. If there's one thing every single one of my grandmas and great-grandmas had in common is that they refuse to suffer fools."
Part ode to the creative energy January brings, part helpful how-to on making a simple editorial calendar to plan content, author Tia Levings shares her process for building and maintaining her writing platform.
Overwhelm was hard to cop to. I wanted to say, “I’ve got it,” and be believed. Trusted. I didn’t want to admit that I was unhappy. That I felt mismanaged and that I was in turn, mismanaging. That I was lonely. Isolated in stress. Distracted. In pain. Because that’s ...