Category: Literature
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Japan: An Intercultural Experience
By Kacie Fowler This was an APA-style assignment from my Communications 101 class and also a bit about my trip to Japan (that came at the perfect time if we are honest). The assignment asked that we describe an encounter we had with a person and/or group from a culture that we are not from,…
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Short Story
Prompt: Author writes his own murder before it happens. “Yah, yah, yah.” I drawl to my editor who has been hounding me all month about my new project. He’s been practically down on his knees, begging for even just a chapter to show the publishing team. “I’ll send it to you when its ready, John.”…
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Prompt: It Was A Dark and Stormy Night
Another rendition of the stories we wrote in my high school creative writing class. I think this may have been one of my favorites. The prompt, “It Was A Dark and Stormy Night…” was set upon us on Halloween in 2013. We had just finished up our study of Edgar Allen Poe and we were…
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Letting Go
I recently stumbled across a folder with a bunch of my creative writing assignments from high school. While most are cringe, there were a few that impressed me. Bellow is one titled “Letting Go” and was written as part of our eulogy study. My childhood beagle Sally, passed away from lymphoma a few years before…
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Commitment Issues With Books
Only once have I ever not finished a book I was reading with no intention of ever picking it back up. However, I have abandoned a few for years. The book in question, was a book a friend of mine’s dad had written. He was self-published and had under 30 sales in a few years.…
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September TBR
A little late in the month, I know, but I saw this idea and wanted to give it a try. I usually do not set specific periods of time to read a certain amount of books within, but I do have a bit of a schedule to keep right now. Currently waiting for two books…
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Quality Over Quantity: In Writing
“It is quality rather than quantity that matters.” -Lucius Annaeus Seneca We hear this old phrase often and in regards to a variety of life’s aspects. The most common instance perhaps is pointed at the type of company one keeps, going along with “I’d rather have a few best friends, then a hundred friends I…
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Is Said Dead?
If you are a writer to any capacity, you will have no doubt heard the phrase “said is dead”. This is reference to the boring and repetitiveness of writing a dialogue where every line is literally ‘said’ from one character to the next. In our current day, where time seems to be the most precious…
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Importance of Interpersonal Communication in Veterinary Hospitals
Written: JAnuary 10th, 2023 Content Author: Kacie Fowler Interpersonal communication relates to the veterinary hospital setting in how we interact with clients and co-workers in a manner that supports strong communication. Knowing how to communicate well aids in client compliance, patient care, smoother work flow, and raised work moral. There are our parts of the…
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Openings
We all know that the first lines of a story needs to leave an impact. They need to pull the reader in and make them want to stay, make them want to stick around and see what happens. There is a number of ways that an story can start. A hook can be a fight,…
Everything With Nothing 