In Celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Month, Here are my Reads My TBR (to be read list) is extensive so it can be challenging to decide what to read next. Fortunately, May being Asian American and Pacific Islander Month made deciding so much easier. My reading rotations usually…

Try These When a Prompt Just Isn’t Enough — With time, the practice of creative writing is a wonderful way to develop your artistic voice and style. From poetry to essays to short and long-form stories-you are free to express your ideas in ways that are uniquely you. The boundaries of technical and academic writing need not apply when…

Its Beats Add Emphasis and Emotion to Your Writing — Writing is An Art Form And as with all art forms, artists who master creative devices are often well-equipped to produce work that touches their audiences on an emotional level. Repetition is a literary device worth learning for this purpose. As a reader, nothing quite compares to experiencing the musicality of a well-structured sentence-a sentence…

10 Ways to Remove Creator’s Block and Get Productive — We’ve all been there -a blank brain struggling to produce something on the virtual blank page. For some reason, your creative channel is blocked and you feel stuck. Your motivation wanes and your mood turns sour. I’m there now. …

Watch From Home or in Theaters — Okay, excited short film fans! If you’re like me, you know it's time to view the 2022 Oscar-nominated short films in preparation for the March 27th Academy Award ceremony, set to air on ABC. ShortsTV, the network with the world’s largest catalog of short films, has recently announced its 17th…

Notebooks Can Be Used to Motivate, Uplift, and Develop Creativity — I’ve always assumed that successful writers use notebooks to simply record life experiences, plot out literary works, and capture great ideas. Personally, I journal to remember the details of events, otherwise, my memory renders me an unreliable narrator. I recently read a fantastic essay by the late Joan Didion on…

I’ve worked in the field of information technology for most of my career. However, my passions and interests have always revolved around writing and my love of language. I served as editor-in-chief of both my high school and college newspapers. I earned my BA in journalism and minored in marketing…

Reality Sets It Apart from Other Speculative Genres — Unequivocally, my favorite genre for literary and cinematic storytelling is magical realism. The use of fantastical elements as metaphors within a real-world setting is engaging. Unfortunately, some works are labeled as magical realism when they would be better categorized as fantasy or praised for their brilliant use of symbolism. The…