An aspiring writer and trained librarian who is finally trying to finish all those ideas and unfinished stories I’ve thought of, started and worked on over the years. 2018 was finally the year I got closer to becoming a published writer by writing 12 short stories in 12 months. #12monthsofstories was a short story every month for a year (a goal I did in 2018). To keep me motivated and writing I chronicled my journey on my writing blog which I titled “12 Months of Stories” during 2018 but I’m now calling my blog “Writing By Laura.” As long as I’ve been on various social media, I usually get the username “wordsbylaura.” Instead of that I decided to call this blog “Writing By Laura.” Also, I used to have a separate blog called “Watching Pop Culture With My Parents” and I’ve now turned it into a monthly segment on this blog.
After years of living with a Traumatic Brain Injury (a severe TBI) I have developed many tools, tips and tricks for coping with my TBI in what I call my TBI Toolkit. … More Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Toolkit
In dog lover circles there is a term for the very special dog you have at some time in your life: it’s your “heart dog.” I write about my heart dog, Selby. … More Heart Dog
Some blogs must be written to document a moment that you wish never happened. This is one of those blogs… … More Writing the unwritable
For the 8th anniversary of my accident and Traumatic Brain Injury I revisit something I wrote long before my own coma about someone else’s coma. … More Remembering two comas on an anniversary
After months of silence on this blog I want to say 2 things: 1. I’m still here. I have a lot of half-written blog posts that I will finish and publish soon. 2. I’m approaching 8 years since my accident and injury and my TBI can still throw me for a loop with what feels … More Are we in The Matrix?
I am participating in a 5K Walk called “Walk4Hearing” that I proceed to shamelessly promote in this blog post! … More Walking because I have never been a runner
I’m just a work in progress. … More A work in progress
I am telling my story in the theatre again. Here’s information about that. … More Acting the part
My sweet pup Selby is limping/swaying because she has an injured hind leg that she is having surgery on soon. This has brought out my inner helicopter dog mom! … More Swaying Selby
I write about my experience telling my story in live theater. … More My experience telling my story (in the theater)
Writing By Laura 