It's hard to believe it, but this month marks five years since I graduated from college. FIVE! I've been through a lot and learned a lot since that May in 2013, but it wasn't ... Read the Post...
Helping Someone with RA
1 in 4 Americans have a form of arthritis and 1.5 million Americans live with rheumatoid arthritis specifically. Rheumatoid arthritis (also known as RA) is a form of ... Read the Post...
Best Gifts for Graduates
It's that season again - graduation season! One of my cousins graduates from college on Saturday and another graduates from high school at the beginning of June, not to ... Read the Post...
Attending the HealtheVoices 2018 Conference
As anyone who has been blogging since 2014 or earlier will tell you, blogging has changed a lot in the last couple of years. When I first started in 2013, posts across the ... Read the Post...
Tips for Writing about Chronic Illness ft. Examples from The West Wing
If you're a regular reader, you're well aware that I live with a variety of chronic illnesses and have since 2001 (although we didn't know about it at that point, but that's a ... Read the Post...
My Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment + How I Got There
Happy Arthritis Awareness Month! If you follow me on Instagram, you've probably already seen me sharing information and personal anecdotes in honor of the month in my stories. ... Read the Post...
April Blog Traffic Report
Happy May! I hope you all had a great April and are starting off May on the right foot. Per usual, it's time for my April blog traffic report. I'm very happy with these ... Read the Post...
Currently [Vol. 18]
What's up! Happy Monday and welcome back to the 18th edition of the Currently series. This is a series where I basically talk about my life and what has been happening in a ... Read the Post...
How I Organize My Books
We've had quite the collection of book posts around here recently! My lovely guest posters from the last week decided to write about books (which I don't hate), and I'm ... Read the Post...
How To Display Your Books
As a journalist and writer, I love books. Maybe you can relate! I appreciate many types of books (as my overflowing bookshelf clearly demonstrates), but there's something ... Read the Post...
5 Books I’ve Recently Read That Should Be on Your Next Reading List
Looking for some great books to add to your "to be read" list? Then look no further! I've been on a bit of a reading kick lately (especially since I'm rereading all of the ... Read the Post...
My Sister Dressed Me for a Week
Not going to lie, I got my idea for this post from Buzzfeed. A while ago, I saw a post about someone's mom picking their outfit for the week, and I thought, "Huh, that sounds ... Read the Post...
Steps to Writing a Book: Editing
Welcome back to another post in the Steps to Writing a Book series! This is probably the most difficult step - editing. When it comes to the first draft, you just need to get ... Read the Post...
2018 Recent Reads: January-March
It's here - the first 2018 Recent Reads post! Basically, 4 times a year, I'll have a post where I talk about the books that I read in the previous 3 months. I did this last ... Read the Post...
How I Grew My Blog Traffic by 50%: March Blog Traffic Report
I'm back from my surgery absence! I'm definitely feeling better, but it will be a while before I'm at tip-top shape. I want to take a moment to thank all the people who guest ... Read the Post...