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The Next Hundred Miles • May 22 2025

Mental HealthAwareness Month

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Mental Health Awareness Week is observed May 12-18.

The Next Hundred Miles • April 9 2025

Welcome to The Next Hundred Miles

A Writer's Journey After the MFA

The Next Hundred Miles • August 13 2024

Reflections: 10 Years After Graduation

This December will make 10 years since I graduated with a master’s degree in creative writing.

The Next Hundred Miles • February 16 2023

An Evening of Poetry

In the nine years since graduating from MSU, it feels like I’ve traveled a lot but I haven’t really been anywhere.

The Next Hundred Miles • October 14 2022

Adulting, a necessary evil

A decade ago I cringed at the sound of the word adulting. I may have even rolled my eyes and said it wasn’t a word.

Places to Travel in the USA • September 4 2017

Exploring Austin: The search for something weird

The slogan, “Keep Austin Weird” intrigued me the moment I saw it on a t-shirt in a resale shop.
I’ve seen weird often on the streets of Houston.
Austin somehow found a way to encourage being weird, and I wanted to do more than read it on someone else’s old t-shirt. I wanted to see it.

The Next Hundred Miles • August 19 2017

Déjà vu – Defining Your Career Path to Make Good Art

I’m about to test the limits of my sanity by returning to graduate school in January for another masters degree.

The Next Hundred Miles • July 22 2017

Why Hire a Freelance Writer Instead of Doing It Yourself?

Remember the time you decided to paint the living room yourself and an hour later it looked like a group of three-year-olds helped you play hide the baseboards? It’s the same concept when it comes to hiring a freelancing service to complete a creative project. You are capable of doing it yourself, but a professional has certain skills that would provide a more professional output.