Two semesters down, one to go! I've turned in all of my final portfolios: a 30 minute screenplay about a town that worships Bigfoot, a...

It starts with a question: what makes this night different from every other night? In Jewish tradition, the Seder is a yearly celebration...

I'm not going to lie, 2020 is off to a rough start. On the one hand, I'm pursuing my dreams while living in Europe, so that's cool. But...

February is always a bit of a black hole for me, as far as months go. I tend to come out of it very confused and with no grasp on the...

One of the advantages of my class schedule is flexibility. Since I only have class on two, sometimes three days out of the week, I can...

Last week, the faculty at Uni went on strike. One of their strike days was Thursday, which is when I have my Writing Young Adult Fiction...

I've been in Edinburgh for five months now, and I think the novelty has finally worn off. That's not to say I'm not enjoying my time here...

My program touches on all sorts of creative writing: genre fiction, screenplays, interactive media, even writing for graphic novels. The...

On New Year's Eve, I bundled up and followed a handful of friends out to the Meadows, a big open park with a great view of the castle. We...

For every single year of my life, my family has celebrated Christmas in Pittsburgh. My mom's side of the family gathers at my...

Over three years ago, I went to a Saturday morning breakfast with a group of people I would spend the summer working with at camp. That...

The weeks since my trip to London have been significantly less adventurous and significantly more laborious than before. That's not to...

SATURDAY Smart Hostel, Russell Square || Liz at Pizza Express || King's Cross St. Pancras Station SUNDAY Inside the British Museum ||...

When I told my brother I was meeting up with my friend Liz overseas this week, he said, "Oh, that's going to be a disaster." Liz and I...

When I had my first one-to-one mentoring session a few weeks ago, my mentor told me he was easing my cohort into the program, and the...

In historical novels, there is sometimes a character introduced who is described as having a "delicate constitution" - this character is...

Week two was my 'training wheels' week. My parents were off galavanting through Scotland while I attended my first classes alone; I got...

All the time! It turns out Scotland is the land of eternal sweater weather, and if I had known this, I would have already been living...

To say that I 'cut it close' with my move to Scotland this weekend does not do justice to the sheer volume of things that happened...

One thing I've learned from leading small groups is the value of a good ice breaker. My current Bible study goes a little wild with them:...