Published Updates: More Articles!

So, school has started, so I've been pretty busy with work and classwork. Mostly work, to be completely honest.

However, since the last time I updated you all, I have published 2 more articles!

One of this articles can be found here and is about personally living with a schizo-spectrum disorder.

The second one can be found here and is a letter written for all of us college students that won't finish in the four year standard.

I have a third one that will be published next week sometime, so I'll post that one here, too, once it goes live.

I'll have some much appreciated free time this weekend, so expect some writing from me here!

Writing Presents: PUBLISHED

I published my first online article for an actual publication today!

I wrote a short piece about interacting with someone that's schizophrenic.

You can find it here.

My friend, Ben, shared it and commented that it was one of the "strongest, bravest things" he's ever seen a student do.

I don't really feel brave publishing this. I feel very much afraid. This is kind of a coming out for me, about my mental illness. Not many people know that I am schizoaffective, and now I've told a part of the internet that people are actually going to see.

Perhaps in facing my fear of judgment and ridicule, I'm a little bit brave after all?

Writing Presents: Articles for the Odyssey

So, a few weeks ago, I sent in an interest request to write for an online publication called The Odyssey. I see lots of their articles on Facebook about lots of different things, so I figured, why not give it a shot?

I forgot about it, then this past Tuesday I get a text from the Editor in Chief of the Georgia Southern community. We talked for a few minutes, and she decided that I would be a good addition to the team.

I wrote my first article. It will be published soon, for the entire internet to see, though, I'm not sure exactly how soon. It was due today, so it'll be up soon. I'll post a link here.

My first article is me stepping forward about my mental illness. It's me saying, "I have schizophrenia and that's okay." I'm nervous for it to be published to Facebook, because that's about 400 people that can see it. Not all 400 will read it, of course, but at least a few will see it.

I will still be writing more personally here, though, but I will also be posting the things I'm writing for The Odyssey.

This is an exciting time for me. I'm getting to write more publicly about anything I please. I think I'd like to write more about mental illness and body positivity, especially in relation to my life. I might even have an impact on someone. That person might even me myself.

Presenting: The Beginning of a Novel

So, remember that post I made about two weeks ago about me starting to write a novel?
I was just looking for the plot?

Well, I had a dream about a week ago. It was a scene from the end of my novel. I have my storyline.

I started to write out the scene from my dream. I guess I'm working a little backwards.

My original idea about Nemmy Barren stealing the sun remains true. It's just going to be a different sun than the one you'd expect it to be.