Episode 1 is here folks! We wanted to introduce you to us with a fun game of Two Truths and a Lie, who do you think will win? Continue reading
I’ve mentioned a number of times on here that I sometimes feel invisible. Sometimes I feel like it’s something I’m doing to myself, sometimes it just seems to be who I am as a person. I fade away in certain situations, I get forgotten. It happens, but I’ve been trying to make sure I don’t intentionally disappear or make myself invisible, but to make myself visible to other people can be hard. How do you make it so people can see you when you can’t even see yourself sometimes? Continue reading
Sometimes it’s hard to feel good about yourself, particularly appearance-wise. I’ve always had trouble with my appearance, though it’s definitely gotten better from when I was young and was constantly scrutinizing every flaw only I could see in the mirror. Continue reading
So here comes a small change that maybe doesn’t warrant a blog post, but here it is.
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking with this blog, and all my other blogs. I try to post on each of them regularly but it just doesn’t happen and I know it sounds stupid, but running a blog takes a lot of work and running three can be pretty overwhelming at times. More often than not I end up putting more care into one and ignoring the others. And typically it’s this blog that gets the most attention because I used it as a portfolio and a way to get myself writing every week, but I still like my other blogs. I like writing book reviews and talking about books and I like talking about scripts and the projects going on with Stuck in a Story Productions. Continue reading
My dad likes to listen to A.M. radio, one station in particular that plays all the old songs from the 60s and 70s that rarely come on anymore. On the weekends they’ll play a half hour of Leonard Cohen, followed by a half hour of Tony Bennett, and ending with a half hour of The Beatles, but that’s during the day and a bit into the evening. Continue reading
(Written late on my phone, will fix all spelling and grammar errors later!)
I’ve been feeling worn out and unmotivated for a while now. Part of this is because I had a bad cold that for some reason knocked all the energy out of me a week ago (which rarely happens when I get sick). But I rested and now the cold is basically gone but I still can’t get myself motivated to do some of the things I love doing. I still haven’t finished a book I started in March and I haven’t written as often as I used to and there really is no reason for it. Continue reading
I bet you all thought I wasn’t going to write a blog post this week, part of me thought I might not either. But I’m kind of forcing myself to right now, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing but is taking a lot of effort all the same. Continue reading
Content Warning: Brief mention of sexual assault.
On Friday a woman in my city organized a hike on a nearby trail as a type of protest. The week before another woman had been hiking the trail when she heard a man call to her. The woman was then struck by the man and sexually assaulted on the trail. So far the man has not been caught. Continue reading
This past weekend I volunteered at the Grit Lit Festival, a local literary festival that celebrates Canadian authors. I’d gone for fun for a few years and absolutely loved listening to authors discuss and speak about their works and other issues, and obviously finding (and buying) new books to read. So after getting some emails earlier in the year calling for volunteers I finally decided to join in! After all I love books, want to be an author someday (maybe even be an author at Grit Lit one day, fingers crossed!), and want to pursue a career in publishing so it only made sense that if I was going to go to the festival for fun anyways I might as well volunteer at it. Continue reading
This past weekend was the seventh annual HamilTEN Festival and I was lucky enough to get in again.
I struggled a lot this year about what to write. My play last year wasn’t a comedy per se but it had funny moments and comedies generally do very well in the festival, but I didn’t feel like writing a comedy this year. I waited and waited for something to come to me, but it was my sister who really made Beep come to life. Continue reading
Sarah O'Connor 