As a writer who is trying to gain recognition, I've done what dozens of writing magazines, podcasts, and Facebook pages keep telling me to do: have multiple platforms on multiple social media sites. This has been a...mostly unsuccessful endeavor on my part seeing as I find social media a distraction from what I really should [...]
A few weeks ago, I was given an assignment to create an autobiographical piece for my documentary class. No big deal, I thought. I talk about myself on my blog all the time. Producing a 10 minute video over a subject I know intimately should be no struggle. It is such a struggle. I've amassed [...]
My boss went out of town to a business conference in another state and asked me if I wanted to watch her house and look after her neighbor's cat while she was gone. She had forgotten she told her neighbor she would look after the tabby while he was out of town, so she would [...]
The Crooked Pen 