Journaling is a popular way to become more self aware, reduce anxiety and track progress in various areas of your life. The following personal development journals all take a different approach and work towards accomplishing different goals. Everyone is different, but we all have something we want to work on. I cannot promise that any…
Category: Writing About Writing
Qwerkywriter: Typewriter-Style Bluetooth Keyboard
I don’t know many writers who don’t dream of typing out their thoughts on an typewriter. These romantic ideas are not always practical and I experienced this first hand. Now, I’m ready to sell my pretty but rusty typwriter that weighs as much as a bag of bricks. Thanks to Qwerkywriter, I can have the…
Canva.com: Great Resource for Bloggers, YouTubers & More
Canva.com is an amazing resource for bloggers, YouTubers and other content creators. I am baffled that I only discovered it a few months ago. If you follow my blog, you’ll have seen the changes. For just $9.95/month if billed annually, you can create these amazing designs. I have only begun exploring all that Canva has…
The Oxford Comma is Unsightly, Redundant, and Makes People Lazy
The Oxford Comma is something that I feel strongly about. At school, I was taught that it was optional and my teachers never penalized me for not using it in essays. That could have been it for me and the Oxford Comma, but then I decided that I was passionate about writing. So suddenly, here…
National Ampersand Day: Celebrating “&”
Today is National Ampersand Day! As a blogger, I have a deep appreciation & love for the ampersand. It is more than just a useful shorthand. It makes article titles look neater & it looks great in my Canva-made featured imaged. In fact, wouldn’t it be great if we scrapped the word ‘and’ altogether &…
Blogging Masterclass on Udemy for $15
The Blogging Masterclass is the second class I completed on Udemy, a global marketplace for learning and instruction. It is a great place to find online classes with certificates on a every topic you could possibly imagine. I discovered Udemy while researching free online wine classes but today it is often advertised on Hulu. The…
ShadowQuillsInk: Editing Services & More
Creating content is an art and a skill. It takes talent, ambition, and a genuine love for breaking new grounds. But it’s also difficult, competitive, and utterly unforgiving to new creators, making it one of the hardest fields to break into. Especially online. That’s why ShadowQuillsInk is devoted to bringing indie creators together in one…
Travel Blogging as Inspiration Fictional Writing? – My Writing Story
I’ve had a passion for writing for as long as I can remember. My parents still have the illustrated stories that I wrote in first grade. I could barely speak English but I turned the adventures I had with my friends into stories. These were comically written in a mixture of English, Ukrainian, Russian and…
What is National Novel Writing Month?
Happy Halloween everyone! I hope your day will be fun and only the the good kind of scary. Speaking of fear, I have just signed up for my second round of NaNoWriMo to push myself to finish my novel. Since I know many people with writing aspirations, I’d like to share this in hopes of…
Love as Blue as Hawaii – Published at Last
Stephanie lives on a beautiful campus in Hawaii, has the perfect group of friends, and can’t help but feel like life is about to begin. But try as she might, she can’t seem to figure out where her almost-fiance Kevin fits in the picture—or why she keeps seeing her friend Kai’s face instead.
Make Up, Break Up – A Short Story About Betrayal
In this short romantic comedy, 22-year-old Helen faces one betrayal after another from the various men in her life. There’s her lying long-term boyfriend, inappropriate hostel boss, violent ex-boss and at least one condescending cop. Finally, there’s her dangerously sexy ex-boyfriend who has settled down with a vain skinny bitch and has forgotten all about Helen. Or has he?
I Published a Short Story – Free Giveaway
In this short romantic comedy, 22-year-old Helen faces one betrayal after another from the various men in her life. There’s her lying long-term boyfriend, inappropriate hostel boss, violent ex-boss and at least one condescending cop. Finally, there’s her dangerously sexy ex-boyfriend who has settled down with a vain skinny bitch and has forgotten all about Helen. Or has he?
Being an (Ex) Prague Freedom Foundation Scholar
Four years ago I had the honor of participating in a Journalism Program that Prague Freedom Foundation sponsored. The program brought students from Kent State University and Anglo American University together to study journalism. After winning the Excellence Award for my piece on Abortion Laws in Ohio I went on to receive a grant from PFF to report on the war in Ukraine…
Fake News and Social Media Journalism
Jones believes that journalism must continue to evolve to remain relevant, and newspapers can no longer depend solely on print to be profitable. His newspaper had to recently start charging their readers for their online content to avoid losing money. In addition to this, “traditional news organizations must now redefine what makes news,” said Daniel Moore, editor-in-chief of the Kent State University newspaper. As entertainment and traditional blend together it is important to pose the question, ‘Does a Twitter trend equal news?’
Sharing Another Byline
Every time I go to a new place I try to learn something new and connect it to what I already know, then if given the chance I try and share it with others. I got a chance to do this during my exchange in Hawaii at University of Hawaii at Hilo, and I was…
Asking Strangers Controversial Questions
I came to Cleveland with a very ambitious project in mind. I wanted to write a compelling article about abortion. I could already picture myself talking to pregnant girls who were considering abortion, or those who had already had one. I thought I’d just as one student and they’d give me several contacts willing to…
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