About

I’m Laura (the picture below is me with my little puppy Winnie). I’m an aspiring writer in the Midwest of the United States who has been “aspiring” as a creative writer for a long time. In 2018 I went about trying to actually do something about that. I came up with the idea in the early part of January 2018 to write one short story a month for a year. So I created what is now this blog and called it “12 Months of Stories.” My objective was to finish 2018 with 12 complete short stories and more confidence as a writer. I succeeded in my goals and now I want to continue this blog much like I want to continue creative writing. I also used to have a blog called “Watching Pop Culture With My Parents” (you can read more about that former blog here) 

I plan to try to get published, and just pursue as many avenues as I can to get my writing out there. And this little blog will be my way of keeping track of my creative pursuits.

Writing My Memoir 

I have been writing a memoir about coming out of a coma after a severe Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). I started writing bits of it in 2018 but took an aggressive approach and tried to finish it in July 2019 during Camp NaNoWriMo (where you try to write 50,000 words in a month during a virtual “camp” that is really meant for motivation). I didn’t finish in July 2019. But I wrote around 37,000 words. I’m still writing it with plans to finish soon. I chronicle my writing adventures in every blog post with the fourth week of the month with a feature dedicated to my writing.

 

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

I have a separate page you can reach here that talks more about my TBI and injuries sustained post-TBI. It also links to related blog posts all in one location.

Blogging Through The Years

I have blogging since 2018 and I started off relatively disciplined and regular with it: weekly posts and sometimes more. Recently I have blogged less and less as I write less and less. However, my brain (injured or not) works best when it’s creative… so blogging, writing, doodling and creativity for days are coming back. Maybe even some Watching Some Pop Culture With My Parents posts!