• Dates With An Atheist

    Dates With An Atheist

    What I learned from Muslims after a day of fasting for Ramadan. First off, I’m not a Muslim. I don’t follow the tenets of Islam. Actually, I’m not religious at all. I was raised Southern Baptist but have been a devout 🙏 Atheist for the past two decades. So, why on earth would I –…

  • Pamela Grace Accomplishes Academic Milestone with Master’s Degree

    After two years of coursework, I am happy to announce that I have successfully earned my Master’s degree in English and Creative Writing from Southern New Hampshire University. This achievement is a testament to my dedication to education, my life-long pursuit of knowledge, and my profound belief in the constant investment into personal growth. I…

  • NaNoWriMo, 50k words in 30 days, and the joys of writing a manuscript

    I’ve heard about the NaNoWriMo initiative for years. My first ever introduction to it was six or seven years ago when a good friend of mine decided to participate. At the time, I thought she was insane to attempt to write an entire novel in one month. Like, seriously, that’s 50,000 words in 30 days.…

  • Gray Rock

    He stood in front of me. He was so close I could feel the heat coming from his face, giant beads of sweat ready to spill from his brow, our noses almost touching. I could see the spit forming around the corners of his mouth as he screamed. The screeching of his voice was drowned…

  • You Get What You Give

    I’ve always loved the sentiment behind You get what you give.Like there is this magical bean counter that keeps track of all the positivityyou pour into the world through your good deeds, or the love you heap on people even when you are afraid to trust. But in the reality of it — when you’ve stripped that romanticism from the saying, it’s just a…