This year has already been so busy. Marriage. Grad School. Research Project. Promotion. And now, at last, I can put my dream on that...

My flash fiction piece “Wellspring Wandering” was published by Bait/Switch, which is a unique journal because it is intensely...

It’s easy to be happy online. You work to put together the filter, the caption, the hashtags, the everything, and the end product is this...

I am pleased to announce the very recent acceptance and publication of my poem “Passive Drop” on Dime Show Review today. It is an honor...

I can’t believe that I’ve actually had 10 pieces accepted this year. After setting the goal for myself at the end of July, I never...

This week has been one of those “When it rains, it pours” sort of situations. After a submission frenzy earlier this month, two of my...

Exciting news, everyone. My poem “Rule of Nines” has recently been published by the gracious team at The Indianapolis Review. Please,...

Blurry and, yet, we look great Sometimes it’s hard to believe that it was only four months ago that I moved into a house with Craigslist...

My new playground The end of the year is upon us (thank God), and I must admit that it has been the strangest 12 months of my life. I...

Getting ready for the wedding in a, yes, monogrammed plaid shirt. My niece gets up to no good in the background. Walking down the streets...

Me wearing a piece of clothing that makes me incredibly uncomfortable. I haven’t written lately. It hasn’t been for a lack of trying or...

I don’t necessarily have anything to say, but I do feel obligated to update. Since Paris, I’ve been getting my ducks in a row for a big...

A couple of fearless women, one with crazy hair (news flash: it me). I knew I would mess up and skip a day of blogging. What can I say?...

It’s been several weeks since I last blogged. I’m not sure if that’s because Canton is low-key, or if I’m just  boring. Probably the...

After 6 months of hand-wringing, my thesis adviser finally finished my draft. And guess what? It was as bad as I thought it was going to...

It’s Saturday morning here in the Merlin house. My sisters are watching cartoons, my dog is playing with the family’s German shepherd,...

For most of my life I’ve written every day. Summers always slump in productivity because I allow myself to bingewatch too much t.v. and...

I’ve been here two full days now. My whole life burnt down to the studs and, almost surprisingly, I’m still here. I did not cease to...

On Saturday my five-year relationship ended abruptly. It hurt. It still hurts. I hate that person as much as I love them. And yet,...

So, I’ve been rocking this whole 9-5 thing for a whole three days now. I gotta say, while it is soul crushing, there are some serious...