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.
Writing my memoir has me experiencing a strange memory side effect of my severe Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). I discuss in this #MemoirMoment … More Memory hiccups with Brain Injury #MemoirMoment
I discuss The Academy Awards 2022 ceremony and winners in this pop culture extra. … More And the winner is… #MemoirMonday
I give a bite-sized version of last week’s post on personality changes post-TBI. … More #MoreThanMyBrainInjury More TBI Personality Research
For this Brain Injury Awareness Month post I do a little homemade science experiment and take online Meyers-Briggs personality tests twice (1 as pre-TBI and 1 as post-TBI) to find out if my personality really is as different as it feels after TBI, spoiler alert: I test the same. #MoreThanMyBrainInjury … More Versions of self after TBI #MoreThanMyBrainInjury
I share how #BrainInjuryAwarenessMonth has inspired me and my memoir. #MoreThanMyBrainInjury … More Writing #MoreThanMyBrainInjury
I ask the question of when is the “write” time to write creatively. … More When’s the “write” time to write? #MemoirMonday
I share the lightbulb moment that I recently experienced that has this aspiring memoirist beaming! … More Finding my writing groove
I share many things for Valentine’s Day, including: a short story, a pop culture discussion of the Oscar nominations, and an excerpt from my memoir. … More A Pop Culture Inspired Short Story for Valentine’s Day
As I move into the next four months of memoir writing I reveal a few revelations that I had in regards to my memoir. I also discuss a fun novel I read: “Dial A for Aunties” by Jesse Q. Sutanto #MemoirMonday #bookrecommendation … More Visual Memoir #MemoirMonday
In this extra pop culture post I discuss the Hulu show “Only Murders In The Building” and also discuss parental support through pop culture bonding. … More Parental Support and Pop Culture #TooLateTuesday
Writing By Laura 