When I first came to college, I was terrified of gaining the “freshman 15.” After a [...]
Save the Arts
By Tini WanWednesday, December 8th, 2010
“My mother said to me, if you are a soldier, you will become a general. If [...]
Bad Sex Writing Prize
By Tini WanMonday, November 29th, 2010
This past Monday, Rowan Somerville won the Bad Sex in Fiction Prize for comparing sex to [...]
Paper vs Electronic
By Tini WanMonday, November 22nd, 2010
For the past couple years, I’ve been quite a fan of NYLON magazine. In the past [...]
NaNoWriMo
By Tini WanMonday, November 15th, 2010
Although the month is half over, National November Writing Month is still going on! Every year, [...]
Life Story at 16
By Tini WanMonday, November 8th, 2010
People love autobiographies because speculation about other people’s lives can bring insight into our own. We [...]
One Photo, One Big Difference
By Tini WanMonday, November 1st, 2010
In the United States, most of us are pretty well off. There is a lot we [...]
Spare the Eyes
By Tini WanMonday, October 25th, 2010
Comic Sans. Papyrus. Bradley Hand ITC. Curlz MT. Copperplate Gothic. There is a time and place [...]
The Non-Character
By Tini WanMonday, October 4th, 2010
Have you ever read a book written in first person and realized that the internal dialogue [...]
Lost in Translation?
By Tini WanMonday, September 27th, 2010
The other day I stumbled upon a mini-biography on 19th century French author Jules Verne, who [...]




