WELCOME To the much neglected profile page. Who reads them anyway! So here's the very basic: I am currently a Senior English major in college, concentrating in creative writing. And obviously, the act of writing has become a casualty of that curriculum. "Pilgrimage" is something that I have been working on for 4 years now, though so very little of it is published here.

I enjoy reading other writer's works, and I will be happy to read upon request. The only condition I place upon this is that the request is not written in a review to me and also does not contain any preemptive apologies, such as, "Would you mind reading (such and such), sorry if it sucks..." No! Maintain that your work is awesome, and if I stab it, it will bleed pure awesome (now with fewer carbs!). Even if it doesn't, I'm not going to turn into a dragon, no matter how much I seriously wish I could do that. I really enjoy when a writer is proud of their work.

I stand firmly by the belief that the best way to become a good writer (great even) is to be literant (which is a word made up in a literature journal. Seriously. Go on JSTOR, read any article to do with literature, and see how many words they make up). What I mean is the ability to read beyond the text. That is the best skill I have learned thus far in my university experience, and it depressed me to realize how many years I didn't realize I lacked that ability. With this skill, it is apparent how much work and thought go into the writing of the best literature out there down to the very word choice. Invest some time in reading articles about your favorite works of fiction. You'll learn more than you think.