Alicia Charron 1/17/24 Alicia Charron 1/17/24

So You Graduated… What Now?

Your options: pursue your masters degree, get a job related to your field of study, or get a job that isn’t in your field but will pay your rent.

Alicia Charron 12/20/23 Alicia Charron 12/20/23

“Our Missing Hearts:” Taken, Not Lost

Celeste Ng invents a world that is not ours but falls into the uncanny valley, leaving its audience in an uneasy feeling of loss, injustice, and (somehow) hope.

Alicia Charron 9/6/23 Alicia Charron 9/6/23

A Short Story for a Short Attention Span

I still feel like that lazy daydreamer, handling tasks indifferently as if I don’t have bills to pay and a body to take care of.

Alicia Charron 8/16/23 Alicia Charron 8/16/23

Pulling Teeth

Documenting my wisdom teeth removal journey.

Alicia Charron 7/19/23 Alicia Charron 7/19/23

“The Hate U Give” Matters

A perfect candidate for the banned books list, “The Hate U Give” is an intensely aware novel without attacking or blaming the reader. The voice of the book, Starr, provides an entry way for readers to learn about these issues from the perspective of someone who might be just like them or someone they know.

Alicia Charron 6/28/23 Alicia Charron 6/28/23

Writers: Finding Time

It’s having patience with yourself in knowing that not every word you put on the paper is going to be best-seller material, but it is a step in the right direction.

Alicia Charron 5/17/23 Alicia Charron 5/17/23

Why “Everything Matters!”

How can you live in the moment and find joy when you know how it will all end?

Alicia Charron 5/10/23 Alicia Charron 5/10/23

21: Aging Disgracefully

I didn’t feel older than 18 until I turned 21, the only difference being time. I didn’t realize it, but that was time spent growing, truly growing.

Alicia Charron 5/3/23 Alicia Charron 5/3/23

Writers: Genre-ly Speaking

Genre is the first thing that clues the reader into what they’re getting into when they see your book.

Alicia Charron 4/19/23 Alicia Charron 4/19/23

We All Cry at the End

I would tell you what I would do, but Death-Cast did not call Alicia Charron today because she is not going to die.

Alicia Charron 4/5/23 Alicia Charron 4/5/23

Another Holiday

Long before and long after biblical times, the hero’s journey has been told..

Alicia Charron 3/29/23 Alicia Charron 3/29/23

FYI: I’m Mentally Ill

Mental illness, trauma, and how it all intermingles to create one blob of confusing symptoms after another is about the nicest possible way I can describe what it is like to figure this stuff out on your own.