I am—hopefully, finally—going to be graduating at the end of this year, and as graduation draws closer and closer I face the inevitable question more and more often: “So, what do you want to do afterward, career-wise?” Sometimes I manage to skirt around it; sometimes I throw out the safe old standby (“Oh, you know—teach”); [...]
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27 Apr 12
A conversation with the dead
Two weeks ago I went with a friend to the release party for UWG’s literary magazine, Eclectic. It felt a little awkward to be the sole history major in a sea of hipsters English majors, but I had a good time; a lot of the work in this year’s magazine was top-notch, and the readings [...]
17 Dec 11
Writing and college
When I started drafting this post in my head, I was thinking I would come up with some Practical and Helpful Advice on how to balance writing and college, since I know I’m not the only young writer out there trying to juggle the two. Then I realized I had nothing really helpful to say [...]
29 Sep 11
What I’m reading
My current reading list is dreadfully academic in nature, I’m afraid. There’s the stuff I’m reading for class, obviously–Hobbes’ Leviathan, Locke’s Two Treatises of Government. But for pleasure I’m reading Timothy Snyder’s Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin (excellent so far–I’d recommend it to anyone, not only because it’s extremely important material but because Snyder [...]
22 Sep 11
Tim O’Brien on storytelling
Tim O’Brien, the Pulitzer-Prize-nominated author of The Things They Carried, spoke at the University of West Georgia last night. The Things They Carried has been one of my favorite books since I read an excerpt from it (the chapter “The Man I Killed,” to be exact) in my freshman humanities class at Geneva College, so [...]
Introduction
I'm a student, amateur historian, coffee connoisseur, movie buff, hockey fan, cat lady, and all-around nerd. I'm currently pursuing a degree in history and political science at the University of West Georgia. In my spare time, I write historical fiction and fantasy. My debut YA historical fantasy novel His Own Good Sword was released on 7 May 2013.
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