Dear People Running the Medium.com website, It’s been almost three years since I’ve last written an open letter to a humongous writing website, and, to be honest, I’m not exactly sure how to start this letter off. I guess when you’ve been writing here for three years, you’re probably more…

All my life, I’ve been told by teachers and my own family that I was going to do something incredible in my life. I was going to get rich, become famous, make/discover something that’s never before seen or heard of. I’ve been called a savant. I’ve been called a genius…

Hi. I’m Emily, and I’m a reference clerk at my local library. And lately… things have been a little hectic for the past week. For starters, we got a new branch manager at the beginning of October. Our last one decided to become a deputy head manager at another library…

Remember when I told you that I was going to host a library program teaching people how to draw on October 3rd? Well, that time had come and passed, and let me tell you what had happened that day. Nobody came to it. I mean it. Literally, nobody came to…

Remember the last time I wrote here that I was doing a library program teaching people how to draw on September 19th? Yeah, about that… It didn’t actually happen. Now, that’s not to say that it’s been cancelled. Far from it. Actually, I sent the proposal to another supervisor (this…

When I first started my job at my local library, I thought I would only do things you would imagine a librarian do — print stuff out for patrons, book study rooms, help people use computers, and occasionally check out books for patrons. …

Man, I can’t believe it’s been three years since I’ve started writing on Medium.com. Time sure does fly past…literally! …

Ever since I first started writing here back in 2020, I was quite skeptical of the mandates that had been implemented for a certain virus. Now that there are reports of schools shutting down due to said virus in 2023 (not to metion virtual teachers and the disasters that may…

As someone who's very into psychology, this is one of the most sound advices I've ever read. Much like real people, fictional characters are (and should) be complex beings with their own motives and problems.