The Big House on Goldmohr Terrace

I never even knew that the house existed before I started my dog walking job for the Harlans. I mean, I had seen the back of it when I would drive past on the highway, but I never really new what it looked like until I started walking that dog. The big house on Goldmohr …

Self Marketed and Published Books

The is changing so fast all around me that it's left me confused and disoriented in its wake. There are somethings that are great about the changing world such as new medicines, and new technology (sometimes, but rarely in my mind). But you mean to tell me that I can now market and publish my …

Delicate Ecosystems and Surprising Compassion

For the past three summers I've had the privilege of working for Lake County Resources Initiative  on a crew run by Clair Thomas, the smartest and most interesting man in the world. An average day on the job includes going out into the surrounding forests, climbing hills, and collecting data on different random"sites" in the …

Creative Collaboration

Getting ideas and sharing your own with other writers is nice and all, especially when you're stuck, but for some reason it just really made me uncomfortable in class the other day. I tend to be a rather quiet, reserved person, and I try not to talk unless I have something really important to say. …

The Vessel (My Stab at Fiction Writing)

Candlelight flickered in the center of the room as Rory and his father read together. It was tradition that when the sun sank low in the sky and light melted into a still darkness that they would read. Rory, having not yet learned to make sense of letters on pages and the special sounds each …