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International Women’s Day

I know I promised you all that my first post of March would be about the AWP conference I recently attended, but as I haven’t gotten around to it yet and it’s an important day, I figured you’d forgive me. Happy International Women’s Day! Learn more about International Women’s Day here and, since I’m justContinue reading “International Women’s Day”

29 February: Review

Happy Leap Year! With the help of my peers and contacts, I’ve been able to enjoy lots of inspiration this month. My personal favorite blog article was Painfully Honest Critiques, inspired by several painfully honest sessions with my boyfriend (who is relentless in critiques, especially poetry critiques.) It was a good month at UT TodayContinue reading “29 February: Review”

Writing Organizations and Programs for Young Adult Writers

So you want to write for teenagers. You’re not alone: young adult blockbusting books have been sweeping the country, from the meteoric rise of the Harry Potter series to the Twilight and Hunger Games phenomena. It’s still considered a niche genre, though – one that isn’t always respected at the college level, as I’ve foundContinue reading “Writing Organizations and Programs for Young Adult Writers”

Site Updates: 25 Feb

I’ve been making some changes to the site recently, and I figured it’s about time I post an update. Added Guest Post category. Now you can check out every guest post I’ve hosted on this blog here. I’m looking forward to hosting some new guests (possibly even REGULAR guests) soon, so this feature is goingContinue reading “Site Updates: 25 Feb”

Leap of Faith

It arrives every year, usually quietly and without much fanfare due to the havoc of the day prior. Sometimes it sneaks up so quietly, I don’t notice until it’s nearly upon me. Ash Wednesday. Being raised Catholic – and attending Catholic school for 11 years – I learned a lot about the observance of Lent,Continue reading “Leap of Faith”