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Look around you and notice what you see. Depending on where you are, it could be any number of different things. Now imagine that those objects around you had sentience, a voice. Put yourself in their shoes. How would your day be different? What would you see, hear, touch, smell, taste? This is a new series I want to start: short stories from the perspective of ordinary objects. There are stories everywhere and inspiration could be in the things we see and use every day. I'm planning on doing one a week and I thought I'd start this week off with something that I use a lot and take for granted. Deodorant! I use my boy Cool Rush all the time because I work out and play soccer all the time! So, I going to give my boy what he's earned, the first story. Let me know what you think and if you'd like to see more of these in the comments below!   …   The Story of the Deodorant Stick    “Yeah, the internship was great! Got a great recommendation out of it too! I should be set ...

Wow. Where to start? I've been MIA in the jungles of New Zealand trying to escape masks and too much (and yet too little) inspiration while finding out the secrets to life and increasing my flexibility through intensive goat yoga.  ... That might've been too much, yikes, my apologies. Right, so what's actually been going on? I took a break from my infant blog and my twitter to finish the final manuscript of my novella so that I could send it off to an editor, and I am happy to say that I have! I am now onto the next phase of the journey to becoming a published author and I'm stoked to take one step closer.  After I finished my final manuscript, I decided to take some time to refresh and refill my creative well, and so I have been reading The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule and The Secret History by Donna Tartt, watching a lot of Master Chef, bought a cookbook (to become the next Master Chef), cooked some seared scallops and learned how to make a homemade raspberry vinaig...