Tag: inspiration
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Aloha all!
I have finally finished all my finals and I can concentrate on my passion of writing. I wanted to share that my first chapter of Meet Me by the Banyan Tree has been published in the University of Hawaii West Oʻahu’s Pueo Press. I did some back and forth emails with one of the editors…
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Once Upon a Mo’olelo ~ Sirena: a modern tail
I have been working on this story for more than seven years. This version of it has been simplified so many of the details are not here. To better fit the Once Upon a Mo’olelo collection I changed the character’s names except Sirena’s name, and overall I added more Oceania themes. I kept the protagonist’s…
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The Energy of a Northern Woman
I wrote an ode to my mother for her birthday. I picked apart a bigger piece I had written about her last year to create this. I wanted it to have a rhythm and rhyme and when I read it out loud it sounded like a song. I have never written a song before but…
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Writing Magic: Developing Rules and Worlds for Your Fantasy Stories
Most people will tell you that the best way of getting magical ideas for fantasy stories is to read fantasy materials or watch fantasy movies and TV shows. Although I agree that consuming magic and fantasy mediums can spark your imagination, I think it’s best not to rely on that too much for specific subjects.…
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The Best Decision I Never Made: Leaving New York Behind.
This is a short story I wrote a few years ago about the journey that changed my life. This is a creative non-fiction piece so yes, this is based on a true story. A writing prompt from a professor who wanted us to write about a turning point in our lives. For the New Year…
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Writing Prompt: Exploring the Me You Don’t Always See.
Writing exercise! A few years ago, a creative writing professor gave my class an assignment based off of a poem we read. We had to write a poem about how we are made up of different fronts (personalities). Some people may have a wild front yet have a hidden nerdy front. Whatever the sides you…
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Sunflowers in her Heart
Planted in memory. I wrote this free verse poem about the sunflowers I planted for a mother figure that I lost. At the celebration of life we were given little glass jars filled with sunflower and wild flower seeds to plant in her memory. Have you ever planted flowers or trees in memory of a…
Magic, Myths, and Me 