When I was a little kid, I wanted to be a paleontologist. Granted, I did not have a name for it back then. I just knew I loved dinosaurs and wanted to spend my life studying dinosaurs. I wanted to be like the characters in Jurassic Park…searching for fossils by day, petting real-life baby dinosaurs…
It’s (Almost) Fall, Ya’ll
As I sit here, writing this as I sip on a pumpkin spice frappuccino and nibble on a pumpkin scone, I have to acknowledge the fact that maybe I’m a teeny tiny bit excited for fall. Just maybe. I mean, there are a lot of good things about fall, so it is only natural to…
Never Stop Writing
Every semester when I ask students to spend their first blog post reflecting on themselves as writers and whether or not they even identify themselves as writers in the first place, I have to laugh a little. I think it is really hard sometimes for students to think of themselves as “writers.” Hell, I am…
Writing in the Age of Gilead 