Hot Teen Slut

     After adventuring off and around campus with my adventure friend, Henry, and our other friend, Davey,  I ended up collecting all of the library books that I had on hold. I am currently making my way through as much of Write Bloody Publishing's author line-up as I can get my hands on without paying money, something I do not have much of at the moment. 

My first read was Hot Teen Slut by Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz. It's a story in poetry form. Kind of. I know that a lot of you picture this when you think of poetry.

 Before you all go getting your literary panties in a metaphorical bunch, I would just like to say that the idea of poetry freaks me out a little as well. However, this isn't that kind of poetry. It's the awesome kind when Cristin describes her job as an editor for PORN WEBSITES... you read that right. 

It was a short read, less than 100 pages, and quite the page turner. It also made me super excited for the other ten books from Write Bloody, especially since two of them are by Cristin.

Poetry doesn't have to be scary. It can be its own weird kind of awesome (just like you).  

Got Postcards From a Former Self Saying "Howya been?"

I have a weird love of writing things to myself. Letters, journals, blog posts, etc. I just love the idea of being able to look back on my life, whether I am laughing at myself, wishing I could tell myself what I know now, or looking at the things that have happened to me in a new way. Since I am in my hometown for Spring Break, I have the time to reread a lot of my writings and cringe at my awkwardness on paper.

Here are a few of the types of things I write to myself

Birthday letters- I love to make bets with myself on my future and see if they come true. It's also nice, when I am in a low place in life, to think about a future where things will improve (because I am an optimist and heart and also because I have a spring birthday, and everything is perfect in the spring).

Wills- It's super morbid, and I usually try to listen to happy music when I write it because it creeps me out, but I feel like it's necessary. You never know when you are going to be eating dirt sandwiches (Stephen King's words, not mine), and I would like to be prepared so that the few things I have won't just sit around in my room collecting dust.

Letters for when I am 46- When I was 16, I was talking to my dad about his life, and he said that it would have been interesting for him to remember what he wanted his life to be like by the time he was 46. Inspiration hit, and now, every so often I write myself a letter predicting what my 46 year old self will be like.

A "must read" books list- This list is so ridiculously extensive, and it keeps getting longer. For every book I cross off, I feel as though I add five more. This is especially true since I just discovered Write Bloody, a publishing company that puts out amazing works of poetry/short fiction/etc. ( I just put like eleven of their books on hold at the library).

This blog- As much as I am writing this for an audience, I also write this for myself to a certain extent. I like looking back at the things that I write in order to see how I can improve, and how I have grown, as a blogger and as a person.

You don't even have to be a Pulitzer Prize winning novelist in order to write things to yourself. It's awesome!