Bookworm Wednesday: The Deconstruction of Heroism with Bad vs Worse

I’ve read Vicious a few years back, but with its sequel Vengeful now in my hands, I decided to reread and rediscover what made this book such an incredible read. This post doesn’t contain spoilers, nor is it really a review. It’s an appreciation and a deeper look at a narrative that invites the darkness in superhero stories to […]

Spill-the-Tea Saturday: To All The Building Blocks I’ve Left Behind

There’s nothing like a good tea spilling to end the week. I want this type of post to be in the same vein as my previous posts labeled, “Metamorphosis,” because while the topic is still largely about change, it’s more about life, and all the details and advice that comes with talking about it. The […]

“I’m Doing This For Me,” and Other Things Artists Forget

Okay, as cheesy and great as that title would be for a longer article, or even a blowhard self-help book by artists for artists (sign me up), this is just a snippet of what I’ve been thinking about lately that falls under this title’s message. A conversation with a friend recently made me realize something […]

Challenging the Single Story: A Closer Look At Narratives

Throughout the course of my semester learning about children’s literature, the concept of the single story was always challenged with every new narrative read in class. The single story is the concept that a person usually consumes one narrative about a people or a thing, and are not aware of other narratives or truths out […]

Metamorphosis Take #2

People are always talking about “living your best life” nowadays. I was thinking to myself how I don’t even know what that means. But I do know that, no, currently I am not living my best life. Currently, to get to my job or my school I have to leave about two hours before. And sure, it’s […]

It’s About Connecting with the World: A Ready Player One Movie Review

Hanging out with your friends and dancing if you want to is the best. And for the people who don’t dance, and if they don’t dance, then they’re no friends of yours. That’s just how hanging out goes. There is something to be said about old school adventure games. They are all very low tech […]

A cool concept with divisive writing: A Ready Player One Review

Someone needs to bless the rains down in the comment sections on sites because it seems like everyone has an opinion about Ready Player One. The first time I heard about the novel Ready Player One all I kept hearing about it was how cool the concept was. There existed three layers people seemed to be in […]

Metamorphosis take #1

Sometimes we are stagnant despite our best intentions. I’m pretty sure it’s been more than a year since I made any real headway with my novel, even though I told myself I would write every week. So I needed a type of change.