I reread Fangirl when I just couldn’t look at a screen anymore. Whenever I needed it, I immersed myself in Cath’s highs and lows as a way to distract from my own creative angst.
Tag Archives: grad school
Recommit
The weeks have been overwhelming. After Spring Break, when ISU had switched to online learning entirely, and would be online for the rest of the semester, I felt capable of staying on top of my work. I streamlined the curriculum of the classes I teach. My professors were working out their own plans for onlineContinue reading “Recommit”
Things will be different
Yesterday was a hard day. I spent a chunk of the evening going into an anxiety spiral. (I’m lucky and grateful to have a partner who helps me out of that.) Today, I spent most of the day doing my best to pick up the pieces from that fallout and continue on. And now, I’mContinue reading “Things will be different”
Decade
As a writer, I know the benefits and enjoy the act of reflecting, perhaps too much.
Author Toolbox Blog Hop: Learning how to write, part two
Now, I’m in Ames, nervous and excited and ready as I’ll ever be for this new phase of my writing life.
Long goodbyes
Coming back to New York felt like relaxing back into my original shape, like the easily-navigable grid of Manhattan.
Caroliena Cabada 