Author Archives: jennifer-jenny-jen

My whole life, I have been taught–whether directly or indirectly–that honesty works best on a “need to know” basis: as a teenager, life would have been easier if I’d only told my parents what they needed to know about where I was going, who I was with, and what I was doing. During my collegeContinue reading “lies of omission.”

When I was a (young) writer, I kept a daily journal. Part rant, part creative brainstorming, part drafting, and part self-exploration, I often wrote about myself as if I were a character in my stories. Distancing myself from the way I wanted to, but often couldn’t, react to my life’s experiences, was (unbeknownst to myself)Continue reading “giving myself permission.”