Dec 23, 2020What does writing have in common with a racing game?And unlike the riddle Alice was faced with, this one does have an answer: Point of View. If you’ve ever played a racing game, you may be seeing where I’ll be going with this. If you haven’t, or only played them in an arcade, you’ll be wondering wtf I snorted…Writing4 min readWriting4 min read
Nov 9, 2020Razing stress and its violenceLet’s talk about stress. And I don’t mean the everyday sort of stress that grates the system and fades away with a good rest or a good laugh. I mean the sort of cumulative, wrecking stress that can turn any rational individual into a whirlwind of blind fury and violence. …Stress7 min readStress7 min read
Oct 9, 2020Diary of a calm, hyper-stressed writerI never really know where to write these things. It feels to me like I’ve been struggling for so long with my health that I’ve just whined already to everyone more times than is reasonable. I don’t want to be that friend. I am not that friend. …Mental Health6 min readMental Health6 min read
May 5, 2020Life as a chaotic, asocial introvertI’ll admit: I first joined Medium in an attempt to ‘reach out’ to people. Then, when I realized it wasn’t quite what I was looking for, I stepped away. Been absent for over a year now. And my (temporary?) return comes with a cross-post from my Facebook page. Why? Because…Personal Development3 min readPersonal Development3 min read
Feb 27, 2019Tying paragraphs togetherOr how sentence structure impacts continuity. As I was revising one secondary character’s life story I made a change that, though small, felt like a puzzle piece clicking into place. The original sentences were as follows: He couldn’t stand being inside anymore. He couldn’t stand his peers, either. …Writing2 min readWriting2 min read
Jan 6, 2019Another catastrophic nightA shrill cry pierced the darkness, which began to pitch and sway, to dwindle away into waves of eternity. As the cry echoed again darkness receded further, like seas parting to reveal an endless, gnawing abyss. Tod startled awake to strange, unworldly sounds echoing throughout the dark. The feel of…Fiction8 min readFiction8 min read
Dec 19, 2018Being suicidal vs. being tired of lifeLet’s talk today about an obscure nuance that people tend to get wrong: The difference between being suicidal, and being tired of living. Though one may very well lead to the other, these two notions aren’t mutually exclusive. There’s even a difference between being suicidal and feeling suicidal; the former…Mental Health6 min readMental Health6 min read
Nov 7, 2018I am the fabled Unicorn SalmonIt doesn’t take much, sometimes. You lose a single follower on Facebook, and it feels like your entire world has crumbled into oblivion and you’re left there, shouting out your distress to the void. No one is listening. No one cares. No one sees you struggling to keep your head above water. No…Life Lessons3 min readLife Lessons3 min read
Nov 5, 2018Today is one of those days…Today is one of those days when I have no hope for the future. One of those days when I sit here, idle, imagining the relief it would be to stop watching life pass me by a minute at a time — 9:24. 9:25. A minute lost; another one. …Personal3 min readPersonal3 min read
