Emily

Life is Strange: Steph’s Story by Rosiee Thor – Book Review

Over the summer, I came upon a new obsession—the Life is Strange Series. I had always been interested in playing it; the game mechanics, the choices you make throughout the game will impact the ending, were what really drew me in. I have plans to write a full review of the games themselves, so expect that soon!

Right now, we’re going to be reviewing one of the tie-in books for the Life is Strange universe—Life is Strange: Steph’s Story, by Rosiee Thor. As always, this review will contain spoilers, so proceed with caution!

Dungeons and Daddies-Live in SF!

A little over three years ago, I was cleaning the dorms of my university, listening to the first episode of a Dungeons and Dragons podcast. Three weeks ago, I found myself unintendedly walking behind the hosts while I tried to find the entrance to their San Francisco live show.

How did I get there?

The Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth – Book Review

I had been looking for a copy of The Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth for quite a while, and when I finally saw a copy at my local bookstore, I was so excited! I had been on the market for more positive LGBTQ+ stories with happy endings, and this one seemed to check all those boxes. However, when I started to read it, I realized I raised my expectations a little too high. As usual for my reviews, there will be spoilers, so if you want to read this book, tread carefully, for spoilers ahead!

autumn

A poem about the yearly anxieties that come to mind whenever the trees start to change color. This poem was featured in the first issue of the Southern Oregon Zine The Junk Drawer.

How “Frances Ha” Saved My Life, Or at Least My Summer of 2020

This is a piece I wrote for my “Writing for Publication” class I took in senior year. This was at a point in my college career where I very lost in terms of my future and career plans (still am frankly), and that hesitancy and fear (along with having to re-train myself to be social again after many, many months of Zoom classes) reflected in my writing. This assignment was called “The Long Form Essay.” After weeks of writer’s block, I came up with my topic–an analysis of one of my favorite films, Frances Ha.

What Grief Has Taught Me

It’s been a few months since I posted on here, huh? During that time I had a lot of events take place that really blocked my creativity. I am currently in the process of trying to unblock that creativity. While doing a free write exercise yesterday, this idea, which has been floating around in my head for a while, bubbled up.

Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Review: A Nat 20 on Fun!

Image Credit: Paramount Pictures

I have a confession to make…I am a nerd. I watched Star Trek religiously in middle school and high school when The Original Series was on Netflix, I have piles and piles of books I need to read, as well as many video games taking up storage space on my PS4. Do these things automatically make me a nerd? Maybe, or maybe it’s the attitude toward stereotypically nerd things.

I also play Dungeons and Dragons. Well, I try to. They say one of the biggest enemies in DnD is not the dungeons ordragons, but scheduling and conflicts. Needless to say, I’m still well aware of the game and was still super excited for Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.

Project Nought Review: A love story, a mystery, and a sci-fi adventure all wrapped in one!

In high school, I was one of the officers of a club, and one of my jobs was finding inclusive media to share with our members. One of those pieces was Chelsey Furedi’s webcomic “Rock and Riot,” a queer love story set in the 50’s.

The Red Heart Emoji

This idea has been in my head for quite a while, and I wanted to post it last week to keep in theme with Valentines day, but because of work another projects going on I wasn’t able to finish it. However, instead of being trapped in my own head about making this piece “perfect,” I instead decided to reformat it to a less structured piece (like a poem) instead of the original structure I wanted (like an essay). I figured this could be a way to show a bit of my writing process! Hopefully I can come back to this piece and expand upon it. Let me know what you think!

Legal Yellow Notepads

I’ve been spending more and more time writing on
LEGAL YELLOW NOTEPADS
Instead of my private journal lately
And I don’t know why.