This post is a response to a post a friend shared on Instagram. You can read that post for context. Dear Mormon parents of LGBTQ+...

Okay, so I have a thing for self-help books. I like getting to see how other people define success and how they achieve their goals....

This year I've been on a bit of a Brandon Sanderson kick. My partner got a job with a pretty significant commute, so we got ourselves an...

The last two times I have taught freshman composition, I've started with a discussion in which I ask my students to define the term...

Hey friends, 2020 has been a hard year for a lot of us. The pandemic has led to a lot of isolation. America has been reckoning with...

Are you a gay man dealing with shame? Do you know/love/want to support/want to understand a gay man who is dealing with shame? This is...

The number one thing that I attribute my growth as a writer to is keeping a daily journal. If you read my pep talk post, you know that...

We are living in a time when it can be challenging to maintain any kind of self-motivation. Isolation, political unrest, and mental...

[Image description: Movie cover of The Perks of Being a Wallflower] This is my all time favorite movie. I could watch it at any time,...

One of the most fundamental and difficult pieces of writing advice that I have received is the advice to form or join a writing group....

In Tiny Beautiful Things, Cheryl Strayed tells people in their twenties, "To go to a bookstore and buy ten books of poetry and read them...

Hey, remember that one time I wrote about giving poetry collection recommendations, and then I just didn't, because depression in a...

For this blog entry, I want to write a review of Adam Silvera's They Both Die at the End. I got the idea to read this book from the...

As I write about my journey to poetry, I want to note that I have never considered myself a Poet. I've started writing poetry over the...

Today, I'm writing a list of activities that I believe would be helpful for gay men leaving the Mormon Church. This is a list of things...

Hello, you beautiful, talented, brilliant writer, There are two simultaneous truths that we need to acknowledge: 1. Writing is hard. 2. A...

I turned 28 this past week, while my partner and I were exploring Glacier National Park. Here are a few physical signs that I have aged:...

Today, I deleted every email conversation and every text that I had sent or received from an emotionally abusive friend. I've blocked...