Eva Valenti-BirdWriting prompt #2: A story in an elevatorEvery once in a while, I do a writing prompt. This one is from Creative Juice, which delivers a daily prompt to your email! It was, “A…Aug 28, 2023Aug 28, 2023
Eva Valenti-BirdBarbie, uncertainty, and Jewish-American morality“I wish I were Christian,” I lament to my therapist. “It would be so nice to have a book where if you do exactly what it says, you know…Aug 18, 2023Aug 18, 2023
Eva Valenti-BirdRekindling (a prompted writing)My writing club sometimes does short story prompts, where we spin a “genre picker” wheel and generate a random setting. This micro-story…Nov 13, 2022Nov 13, 2022
Eva Valenti-BirdA little help from my friends (a story)My amazing friends: where would I be without them? Certainly not hosting a tea party tonight. Before I met them, I wasn’t capable of doing…Oct 19, 2022Oct 19, 2022
Eva Valenti-BirdFor men rejecting toxic masculinity, Our Flag Means Death provides refreshing alternativesDavid Jenkins’ swashbuckling comedy on HBO, Our Flag Means Death, garnered a cult following almost immediately. A rom-com / “workplace…Jun 20, 2022Jun 20, 2022
Eva Valenti-BirdArbor Day Eve (a short story)It was at around 2pm, when the meeting had already dragged on for an hour longer than expected and the client was topping off everyone’s…Apr 28, 2022Apr 28, 2022
Eva Valenti-BirdWhen you drop a pill on the bathroom floor (a poem)When you drop a pillAug 21, 2021Aug 21, 2021
Eva Valenti-BirdA quiet comprehending of the ending(s) in Inside (an essay)CONTENT WARNING: Suicide, death, climate changeAug 19, 2021Aug 19, 2021