Ms. Pacman: A vignette
The arcade bar is my happy place. Gimme a captain and coke, a pocket full of quarters, and a Ms. Pacman console. The dedicated, original solo game console plays the…
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November 13, 2022
Watery Singers: Mermaid & Siren
Both mermaid and siren are nouns, and both describe a female creature, but that is where the commonalities end, despite being frequently confused for one another in early use. During…
October 19, 2022
Memorandum: Status Updates- Effective Memos?
TO: WRT 200 03 Students CC: Professor Stinnett FROM: Kristie Winslow SUBJECT: Status Updates- effective memos?! Zuckerberg’s Facebook status update served to update the public on steps Facebook is and…
August 27, 2021
Lucy: An excerpt
Lucy sighed heavily as she perched on a tall chair along the bar. Her feet were dying in these heels, but damn did they look good. She looked around, appreciating the large windows that let in the cold winter sunshine.
April 16, 2020
Genre Experiment Preface
In “A Library Journey,” Kate sets off on the research process and finds adventure along the way. Originally conceptualized as an extension of the Library Summer Scholars Program and research conducted on the Monomyth, this genre experiment builds on the flyer submission form for the Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarships’ Student Scholars Day 2020 call for art.
April 15, 2020
SSD 2020 Flyer
Spinning to Fill the Silence: An Excerpt
It had been hard to find this small, secluded park, but once I had, it became my favorite hoop spot.
April 14, 2020
Sleep: A Vignette
Sometimes as I lie in bed and try to fall asleep, I feel like I am floating across the room. In the dark room, with my eyes closed, lost in thought - -
April 11, 2020
Cat snuggled up on a bed
The Wilderness of Middle Earth
The Lord of the Rings (LOTR) artwork produced for the first authorized American printing has become iconic among its cult-like following.
March 10, 2020
The poster created of the cover illustrations of the 1965 authorized editions
Journey
Abstract My research with the Library Summer Scholars Program was on the Monomyth, or the Hero’s Journey. The Monomyth is where a hero sets out on an adventure, faces a…
February 22, 2020
The Monomyth: Its Continued Importance as a Storytelling Structure
The Monomyth is where a hero sets out on an adventure, faces a crisis, and returns victorious. Introduced in Campbell’s Hero With a Thousand Faces, it was simplified further by Christopher Vogler in The Writer’s Journey
February 9, 2020
The Monomyth Diagram