by Minerva Rising Contributor | Jun 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
“But I can’t write fiction,” I heard myself say a few nights back as I hoisted myself up to the rim of the hot tub. School had just let out for the summer, and soaking in the heat, I felt the grind of the year dissolving into the mist. To jumpstart...
by Minerva Rising Contributor | Jun 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
The Council for the Arts in my hometown of Jacksonville, North Carolina is the place where I want to be, especially on a Sunday afternoon four times a year. That’s the time when poets congregate to share their works at an Open Mike Reading. When...
by minervarising | Jun 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
I recently lost a very dear friend. Her death was unexpected and senseless and incredibly sad. While I don’t want to dwell on the sadness of her death, I think it’s important for me to acknowledge it because for several weeks I couldn’t. In my mind...
by Minerva Rising Contributor | Jun 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
I managed a ski shop awhile back. It was a fun, laid back, bro-talking industry – for a guy. But for a woman, it was an often sexist fight for recognition that wasn’t based on how tight my clothes were. Our mostly male customers seemed surprised I was...
by Minerva Rising Contributor | May 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
Mom asks me regularly about my writing, in that sort of soft, “I-don’t-want-to-scare-you-off-by-sounding-too-intense-about-this-so-I’m-going-to-pretend-I-don’t-care-much-but-I-really-think-it’s-important” voice. Because when your mother is a...
by Minerva Rising Contributor | May 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
“Perhaps you are still writing – if so I hope you surrender to it like a forbidden lover. I hope you steal time, skip work, hide out at the back table of a coffee shop, lie about your whereabouts, lose sleep, bag friends, and let your heart live what it...
