This is a short story I wrote for my Advanced Fiction Writing class. I hope you enjoy! July 22, 1883 My dearest Alice, I want to tell you that I’m doing all right. That I’m content living out of this cramped little train car I bought from the conductor, sleeping on a bedroll on the … Continue reading Derailed
Fantasy
A Tiny Glass Bottle
This is a story I wrote for my creative writing class this semester. It also serves as backstory for one of my current projects--it takes place between the first and second books of the fantasy series. Tiernan's relationship with food in this story is obviously fictionalized in a lot of ways, but aspects of it … Continue reading A Tiny Glass Bottle
Character Analysis in Children’s Media – Part One
A few years ago, I attended a reception with the president and other faculty members of my university. One of these distinguished members asked the group of students what the best book we'd read recently was. Other students predictably mentioned classics or books that could be considered literary fiction, and I considered doing the same myself. … Continue reading Character Analysis in Children’s Media – Part One