Hello friendsters,

So I know I don’t mention much about who I am or what’s going on in my life, but I wanted to give you all a very exciting update about what I’ve been up to! 

This year, I will be graduating from college/university, and over the summer, I created a senior year bucket list, of things I wanted to accomplish before I left this chapter of my life. Most of them were silly or simple--visit all of the best coffee shops in my city, get senior pictures taken, try out 3 new bars--but the list included writing a chapbook.

This is mostly for me, I admit: I want to look at my desk a year from now, and see a tangible thing that I had done, see my writing all polished and pieced together in a way that encapsulates the changes I’ve been through. But this is also for you, and I will be releasing the chapbook in some shape or form once I’ve finished it.

So, for now, what I’d like to know most is if you all have any ideas for what this work should be. It’s all a very fluid idea in my mind right now, although I think my major themes will be growth, exploration, and female empowerment (lol what a millennial). If you have any ideas at all, or if there are particular pieces I’ve published on here which you think would be good for the chapbook, or if you would be willing to create art for my chapbook (which I desperately need as I am no artiste), please let me know!

Much love,

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Music fuels everything I do; check out what I’m listening to now. Listen to the songs that inspire my writing, that are constantly on blast in my car, and that make me just plain feel good.

Good Shit: Current jams. This is where I keep my most recent finds, as well as a perpetual home for Justin Bieber’s “What Do You Mean.” Mostly EDM, indie pop, and some reggaeton.

Shit That Was Good but is Now Less Good: Where I keep songs from Good Shit that are no longer my current favorites. So basically a history of every song I’ve ever loved for the past two years.

Songs from the Ocean: Singer-songwriter-y vibes. Piano- and guitar-driven tunes, minimal production. Very relaxing.