Nov 9, 2020 | A Day In My Life
“Tallie Graver!” my mom called through the front door of the empty café. I rolled my eyes at my best friend Gina. “Seriously, it’s like she thinks I can’t hear her unless she’s at full pitch. Do you think she might be going deaf?” I whispered across the table. “I...
Nov 6, 2020 | A Day In My Life
Less than sixty seconds after arriving home to my apartment, my next-door neighbor’s foster daughter knocked at my door. Bianca, a seventeen-year-old with a genius level IQ, was in her final semester of a computer science degree at George Washington University in DC....
Nov 5, 2020 | A Day In My Life
When you meet someone new, do you ever doubt what they tell you about themselves? I mean, sure if they say they’re an astronaut and they get out of breath picking up a donut, but how about ordinary things, like their mother is a teacher? You get to know the person and...
Nov 3, 2020 | A Day In My Life
My mother says OCD stands for “Occasionally Complicated Daughter” which makes me laugh, because it’s true. Except for the “occasionally” part. I don’t try to be, but my recent OCD diagnosis put me into a bit of a tailspin. I mean, I had my life all planned out: good...
Oct 29, 2020 | A Day In My Life
I’m Kristie Larson and I don’t bake cupcakes. A slightly unconventional way to introduce myself, but when every person you meet asks “Do you bake the cupcakes at Callie’s Cakes?”, you learn to head people off at the pass. If I don’t make cupcakes, what do I have to do...
Oct 27, 2020 | A Day In My Life
Cheers! Penelope Parish here. I’m currently a writer in residence at the Open Book bookstore in Upper Chumley-on-Stoke, a charming town in Merrie Olde England. I’m working on my second Gothic novel—the first one became a best seller—and I’ve hit a writer’s block the...
