A few weeks ago I received a random email from a professional translator, Gabriel González Núñez, who had fallen in love with a play I wrote, “In Which Eve Names Everything Else.” It placed second in the 2013 Mormon Lit Blitz contest, and the piece really stuck with Gabriel, who wanted to translate it and […]
I wrote my first book when I was 5. It was titled The Turtle That Got Too Close To The Sun. Here’s my 5-year-old author picture (aka my kindergarten school picture): I wrote the story, and then my mom helped me lay it out in multi-page form. I drew the illustrations in black ink, and then […]
I attended the same religious theater event two years in a row. The first time I found it lacking and dull; the second time I loved it. Yet nothing changed about the event itself: the costumes, acting, singing, dancing, and special effects were exactly the same. The only thing that changed was me. The event […]
This essay received second place in the BYU Studies 2013 Essay Contest. Original image of typewriter by Bernard Walker via flickr, Creative Commons license. I Am Not a Writer “For when you become a writer!” read the note on the most expensive pen I had ever touched, a pen I would never consider buying for […]
Lately I’ve been more vocal about my love for reading. On social media I’ve linked to my Goodreads page, touted new books I love, and posted about my reading goals and challenges. I also may have mentioned that in 2013 I read 75 books, not counting picture books (though that 75 does include fiction, nonfiction, […]