Author: Julie

A Writer’s SuccessA Writer’s Success

What does it mean to be a successful writer? This I ponder while I write, and write, and write. I would love nothing more than to quit my day job, make a living from my art (says every artist everywhere).

American Writer WarriorAmerican Writer Warrior

Years ago, my son and I sat down to watch American Ninja Warrior. We thought it would be like Wipeout, a show that gave us both giggles. American Ninja Warrior was oddly laughable in its seriousness of parkour and adult

RainRain

One of Sylvia Plath’s rejection slips said this: After a heavy rainfall, poems titled RAIN pour in from across the nation. Inspiring poets find melancholy in the rain, beauty in the rain, the water that is the lifeforce of existence.

Bratty NostalgiaBratty Nostalgia

VHS, cassettes, Walkmans, MTV when the M stood for Music, Jell-O Pudding Pops, and of course, the Brat Pack. Born in 1977, I was of the youngest ones who lived through the Brat Pack days. And pop culture at the

American BeautyAmerican Beauty

“My name is Lester Burnham. This is my neighborhood. This is my street. This is my life. I’m 42 years old. In less than a year, I’ll be dead. Of course, I don’t know that yet. And in a way,