“Stories should leave an imprint on the reader, a testament to where they’ve been.”
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Hi dearest readers! I’m trying something new for a few weeks, if it works how I hope it might then it might end up a permanent change. I’ve recently started posting to Medium and am feeling my way around how…
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Staying Away from People: An Introverts Guide for Extroverts
The world is gripped it in a pandemic fueled frenzy. If you’re experience is anything like mine, I’m sure you are all experiencing events being canceled, gatherings being rescheduled, and hand soap and toilet paper almost impossible to find in…
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Toy Story 4, a lesson about letting go
If Toy Story 1 taught us one thing as kids, it’s that our toys had this rich inner life that revolved around being the best toys they could be for their kids. This created a weird hoarding issue for many…
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Shout out to North Ogden Junior High Creative Writers
As an author, getting to talk and teach in Utah schools is surprisingly difficult. Which means I was all the more thrilled to go talk to not one or two of the English classes at North Ogden Junior High, but…
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Aladdin 2019, Hello Bollywood
Am I the last one to jump on this bandwagon? Yep. Am I going to use my usual excuse of literally not seeing the movie until last week again? Absolutely. After the whole fiasco with the live action Lion King,…
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Meditating when you’re cold
It’s a well known fact that modern life is stressful. I’ve harped on this a few time before – probably because I don’t like stress and I want to be proactive in reducing it in my life. I can’t always…
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Five Things I Learned From Reading a Janet Evanovich Novel
I did something a little off the beaten path this week and tried out a Stephanie Plum mystery, famously written by Janet Evanovich. My pick, Hardcore Twenty Four, loosely centers around a zombie mystery. This is so far from my…
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The Soundtrack of your Life
Music is a powerful thing. It excites, calms, energizes, and acts as a fortune teller? Recently, my inner soundtrack has been trying to tell me things. Not creepy, emotional vampire earworm kind of things, but more like a secret codes…
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Book Review: The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith
I found this book by happy accident. Namely, my book club thought it looked cool, and I love their discussions so much that I am compelled to read their picks. I won’t lie, most of the book reviews from the…
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Valentine’s Gifts for the Author in your Life
All hail the corporate money grab that is Valentine’s Day! Don’t get me wrong. I love the idea of Valentine’s Day. I love spending time thinking of something special to give to a significant other, or figuring out ways of…
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