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Maybe blogging isn’t dead. At least, not yet.
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I miss Preptober October used to be filled with posts from writers preparing for NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month. All around the world, published and unpublished authors alike shared their strategies and gave each other encouragement for the challenge to come. It was inspiring to see so many creatives coming together to share their…
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Tell us about your morning routine. View all responses I started having coffee with my partner in the mornings. It started by chance one morning when I woke up earlier than usual and had extra time before I needed to head to work. I asked him if he’d like to get up and have a…
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I want to be an author, not an influencer. Writing has always been a passion of mine. I’ve dreamed of being published author since I could remember. I’ve spent decades studying the art of writing, honing my skills, and developing my voice. Now that I’ve finally pushed through the mental blocks that kept me from…
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Autumn was once my favorite season. The leaves, the weather, the holidays, the food… I loved it all. It was a time of year that encouraged slowing down, getting cozy, and indulging your nostalgia– every introvert’s dream! But lately, autumn feels less cozy and more competitive. Instead of slowing down, everything is speeding up. The…
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I sometimes wonder who I would be, if my life had taken a different path. Part of my ponder comes from a common webcomic plot. I have an unhealthy addiction to Webcomics. I’ll be the first to admit that they are often poorly written, full of plot-holes, and rely heavily on tropes. One of the…
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I keep expecting the realization to hit that I’m married. By Utah standards, I am a geriatric bride. In a state famous for women getting their MRS before their BS, waiting until your 30s for your first marriage is close to criminal. For over a century, the LDS church has held a strong cultural majority…
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Spring is my season of loss. Almost every loved one I’ve lost, left in the spring. Whether it’s from death, breakups, and moving away, March through May are the months I mourn. It would be easy to hate the season where I’ve experienced the most pain, but I don’t. I’ve come to learn that there’s…
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I have two nieces who are navigating the complexities of highschool. Most of us remember our teenage years as being some of the best and worst years of our lives. Hormones are raging, classes become more difficult, relationships become more complex, and adults put higher expectations on you. All of this happening before your brain…
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I have a coworker who like to share obscure websites Useless, fun, and entertaining corners of the web, all but forgotten in the algorithm age. They’re little tastes of what the internet used to be, before it was monopolized by Google and polorized by social media. Glimpes of what the internet could be again, if…
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I finished the first draft of my first novel. It’s been a project I’ve started, stopped, and restarted several times over the last decade. Despite loving the story more than ever, I found it harder and harder to find the energy and motivation to finish the story. But at 8:30pm on December 31st, I finished…
