Today, I will live-Tweeting from Write-o-Rama, an all-day writing workshop event that raises money for the Seattle-based writing organization Richard Hugo House. Follow my Tweets (@thecowation) or #writeorama for updates from the workshops and advice for writers!
As I was trying to rouse myself from a literary stupor this week, I searched around the internet for some inspiration to fill myself up until I could no longer stand the feeling of not writing. One of the articles that I came across that most inspired me was The Rumpus‘ column Dear Sugar. Dear […]
Last week, I had the fabulous opportunity to attend not one, but two literary events in NYC: The Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe Friday night slam and The Moth’s StorySlam at the Brooklyn Museum. After getting a healthy dose of Snoop Dogg, I took a 180 degree turn in my live entertainment consumption. And, to put it […]
A project that I have wanted to launch for a while, but have not yet dared to test out, is to read some of my work aloud and read them as podcast-like posts for this blog. Today I am taking the plunge. I will start with a story* that I wrote for a creative writing […]
It is time for me to tackle the double-edged sword that has been affecting me all of my college life thus far: the complicated relationship between my creative and academic minds. I have devoted myself to academics, which is a major privilege and portion of my daily life. I am lucky enough to be able […]
When I am writing, I become completely absorbed. By the words on the page, by the feel of the pencil in my hand or the keys underneath my fingertips. Rarely, in the rest of my life, do I get to be so focused.The same thing happens only when I am talking out an idea with […]
(Madeleines from the fabulous restaurant Aureole) Day One: I ask God for hyperboles,Mixed metaphors, logical adjuncts, plot lines and summaries;He responds with a idea freeze, a tease, a set of unintelligible characters bleeding out onto the–Page. Day Two: We are wise to wonder at the progression of creativity, as weTumble back and forth, houseplants in […]
For those of you who don’t know, National Novel Writing Month occurs every year in November. It’s a time when writers come out of their holes and join in an online race to the finish – 50,000 words written within the month. And I am doing it. Again.I have “won” for the past two years […]
Whoosh! The second week of classes really does give you a headspin. It’s not that I had any more work than last week, but my involvement has certainly gone up. We went out looking for jobs, I tried to figure out how to get into some clubs, and I got certified to use the weight […]
This peacock’s name is Phil. As of today, I have returned to the fold of college students. With classes and books and other nonsensical ideas such as program filing for next semester (although the website is mysteriously lacking in functional ways to do this). Overall, the last two weeks have gone by with a blur […]