I wrote 35,280 words in December
January 25, 2017
Life is good, which means I can’t keep making excuses. If writing really is important to me, then it’s time for me to prove it.
Life in an echo chamber
November 22, 2016
Different “facts” target different groups of people online, which means offline, we can’t even agree what the facts are anymore. If we can’t agree on something as basic as the facts, how can we ever hope to understand each other’s perspectives?
Constraints breed focus
May 15, 2016
Here's a peak at the books I most want to read and the movies I most want to watch. It's a snapshot of things that interest me right now. A Polaroid of future influence and inspiration.
My life in weeks
April 10, 2016
I turned 25 in January, and I’m starting to feel old for the first time ever. In life we only get one story to tell, and honestly, it's not a very long one. The weeks we have left to live are countable, and I don't want to take any of them for granted.
The coconut and the wind
October 11, 2015
A simple story about change.
Once upon a time, there was a coconut. This coconut lived high in a tall tree on top of an even taller hill.
I don’t know how to name these short story snippets
June 20, 2015
Part three of my short story. It's slow going over here in the creative writing department.
Together again, again uncomfortable, both embarrassed, one more than the other, The Girl and The Boy started talking.
I’m still writing a short story!
May 30, 2015
Part two of the short story I'm working on in an effort to improve my creative writing abilities.
Cigarettes burned in both their hands, and smoke danced in the empty space between them.
I’m writing a short story!
May 23, 2015
I want to start writing fiction. You know, like creative writing stuff. Nothing serious. Short stories, mostly. My goal isn’t to get published (which would be rad), but to get better at writing. It took a lot of weeks for me to overcome my fear of the blank page, but I’ve finally found a bit of momentum. Here's my progress so far.
The brown paper felt thin and cheap in his hands. The grease soaked through before he could even start scrubbing.
My answers to some brain teasers
April 26, 2015
Exact? Unlikely. Close? Probably. Does it matter? Not really.
My second interview with DreamWorks Animation
April 19, 2015
Everything I learned going through DreamWorks' interview process.