Dear diary, I’m sorry that it’s been so long since I’ve been here, but I’ve been very busy chasing these dreams of mine. Over the past year, I’ve been attending just about every writers conference possible. I’ve been to so many, met so many wonderful and interesting people, and learned a lot along the way. My first novel, Mimi’s Arrow, has now been completely revised twice with the help of a developmental editor, which was absolutely one of the best things I’ve ever spent money on. I learned...

Dear Diary, Today I did a writing prompt with my sister. We had seven minutes to write using these words and phrases: Dear Diary, freedom, exposed, I write because. This is what I wrote: Dear Diary, I can say I write because it gives me freedom to say what I need to say but really just that’s a redundant cliché There are so many things that I never can say Deep thoughts, that little voice within Speaking to me about ways to interrupt the word, sin No one wants to be exposed, so we hide...

Dear Diary, Today is the one hundred and eighty-fifth day of the year. I have been to the gym eighty-six times. I made a lifetime goal to...