If you haven’t heard yet, Ugandan marathoner Rebecca Cheptegei was burned alive by her boyfriend and died. She had just run in the Olympics and went to Kenya only to be doused in gasoline and set on fire. There’s a bunch of discourse going around the internet right now about how the media is wording …
Colleen Hoover’s book, “It Ends With Us,” has been turned into a movie adaptation starring Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively. It came to theatres on August 9th. I’ve been very open about my distaste for Colleen Hoover in previous posts. I find that her books lean heavily into misogynistic stereotypes that are just subtle enough …
It Ends With Us Drama & How We Talk About Domestic Violence Read More »
I wouldn’t consider myself a true crime fanatic but there are cases that pop up here and there that I get fascinated by. Mostly the unsolved or still debated ones- the first one that comes to mind is the Amanda Knox case which my AP Lang class studied in my junior year of high school. …
Before I start this, I would like to preface- I hate Colleen Hoover. I say this because I’m about to say something very pro-Hoover, but I need you to understand my extreme distaste for her. I was in a six-year reading slump from going into the sixth grade to ending my junior year of high …
Alexei Navalny died February 16. Frequently compared to Nelson Mandela, He led the Russian opposition against Putin and was an avid critic of Russia and its corruption. He challenged Putin by running for president in both 2016 and 2018. He ran marches and protests and was arrested several times for his actions. He even survived …
Alexei Navalny’s Death and the Rights of Journalists Read More »
So much of what I’ve written and published has been in the dystopian category. For a while now, I’ve wanted to write about something I know and something I’m more passionate about, and while it took me a little while to put together, I came up with a story centered around journalism. I’ve also always …
Before reading Daisy Jones, I had this idea for a story that followed the ups and downs of this rock band in the 80’s-90’s and the aftermath of one of their members deaths. I really liked the idea and had it at the top of my list for stories I would pursue, but then I …
So I was working on this one for a while, but I got a really nasty writer’s block and never picked it up again. That being said, though, I’ll pick it up again after I finish The Blood Of the Drakes. The whole gimmick of this book was that it was about the people that …
The Blood of the Drakes is the novel I’m currently working on. Right now, it’s sitting at about 250 pages, but by the time it’s finished, I expect it to be closer to 400. Because of the length, though, it’s taken me a lot longer to write and edit, so it took much longer than …