October 14, 2022
8

At Least Everything Was Important.

Musings + Essays
Advice for women worrying that they haven't yet "found their passion" in life.
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October 6, 2022
6

How to Get Started with Writing.

Musings + Essays
How to get started with writing as a mode of self-discovery.
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September 19, 2022
0

Nora Ephron, Romance, and Language.

Musings + Essays
Musings on the relationship between language and romance, prompted by Nora Ephron's films
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September 16, 2022
16

Welcome to Magpie by Jen Shoop.

Musings + Essays
Welcome to our new nest, Magpies! TheFashionMagpie has enjoyed a glow up.
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September 6, 2022
4

Catch and Release.

Musings + Essays
Musings on the Kurt Vonnegut quote: "Practice any art, no matter how well or badly,…
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July 1, 2022
2

Trapped in the Amber.

Musings + Essays
Musings on the writing and editing processes and my first meaningful job in this line…
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June 3, 2022
8

Landings.

Musings + Essays
Musings on a creative writing course I took that did not work for me, and…
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May 27, 2022
12

Run Aground.

Fiction
Musings on how to work through creative stagnation -- finding inspiration, unblocking, nourishment.
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May 13, 2022
7

House Rules.

Musings + Essays
Reflections on setting and enforcing rules, and how the concept ties to creativity and language.
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May 12, 2022
0

Collecting.

Musings + Essays
Musings on the very human instinct to collect and wayfind through the daily happenstances of…
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May 10, 2022
14

Letting Feelings Dry on Paper.

Featured
Musings on the art of letter-writing.
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May 2, 2022
2

Clay Has a Memory.

Musings + Essays
An essay on the artistic insight that "clay has a memory -- the shape that…
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