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NaNo ’25 Update…2 and 3/3
I kept myself semi-accountable every day of NaNoWriMo last year by posting on my Facebook page — I would post a blurb or a photo at the top of my writing time, and then comment how many words I wrote that day when I was done. Two days ago, I…
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intern tips #1: get used to doing the dishes
The phrase really should be “death, taxes, dishes, and laundry.” Dishwashing first professionally entered my life right out of high school. I worked in a large restaurant kitchen. It was hot, wet, and I ruined my hands doing it. But I did learn a lot of lessons from it —…
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NaNo ’25 Update 1/3
Guess who’s back?? It’s Audrey and her massively delayed posts! But actually, I am getting started on time this year, so I’ll reflect a bit on where I am with NaNoWriMo right now, as well as where I was this time last year. For those who don’t know! November is…
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eating the elephant
From September 20th, 2025 It’s discouraging when you sit down to your work for the day and you’re met by a thousand tasks and you don’t know where to start on any of them, so you avoid them all. Has anyone else experienced this? what are your tricks for breaking…
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To Be or Not to Be
From October 4th, 2025 I think I haven’t been legitimately scared about the dystopian state of technology until this past year. I have spent multiple nights crying so hard that I burst many mini blood vessels around my eyes and woke up with a headache the next day. I hope…
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the 19 tips for arts interns
From July 2025 having just finished a year as an arts intern, here’s my top 19 tips. I’ll go into each with a blog post a bit later, but I’ll leave these here and drop the mic. any of those ring true, even without explanation? let me know which one…
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Beware, Pardon, & Thank You
Cheers, everyone! Beware: I will be dumping several posts in the next few hours that I’ve been drafting for the past couple of months. Many notifications incoming. Pardon: I have a tendency to write quickly and edit very little. My posts, as they often are, may not be complete thoughts…
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if there’s no hope, then there’s no point.
TW: Mentions of depression and suicidal thinking. Hope is the thing that’s been on my mind for this entire year. I think I’ve just gotten a bit of insight into why it’s so important to me, as a person and an artist. I’ve been doing quite a bit of writing,…
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Improv: Seniors, Kiddos, and Fake-It-Till-You-Make-It Mentality
For most of my life, I was terrible at improvisation. I did all the theatre games, took all the improv classes, loved it with my whole heart, and yet I would FREEZE. Any time I had to come up with an idea on the spot. I felt like an imposter…
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A Tribute to Taproot
(From June 2024 – May 2025, I was the Vision and Call Production Intern at Taproot Theatre Company in Seattle. This was my written reflection at the end of the program, which was an amazing experience!) May 29, 2025 A couple of months ago, I ran into Erin Owens, one…
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