Confidence in my writing ability has been hard to come by. The power of my pen served as a primary source of expression. I’ve ...

Creativity can be a curse. The perfect ideas come at the worst time. Like while showering, and the closest place to capture the brilliance ...

Many of us were encouraged to have fun and explore our imaginations in our early years. We scribbled, finger-painted, and sculpted Play-Doh. Our imaginative ...

One of the classes I took during undergrad was Censorship. The purpose of the seminar was to overcome the hesitation of writing about topics ...

Darkness filled the room with silence, the only sound available to me. My juvenile body felt a heavy weight. The rush of worry was ...

The archenemy of any author is their own brain. It seems contradictory because that’s where ideas are born. That’s true, but writing is the ...

Imposter syndrome is real. A novel idea that won’t go away. Stories that stay in drawers won’t become the next literary phenomenon. Writing can ...

What do you see when you look into the past?

Silence escapes my lips.The cold, unfeeling airfrom the world stealingevery bit of breathfrom me. I struggle againstthe waves of sorrow, prayingfor relief andsalvation. The ...

Beyond the dark Where there is no light The days and nights Are frightfully stark  Where the mind is blind To the buried inner plights And void of any ...