Jessica SelfMental Health — Invisible SicknessWhy is mental health so much harder to acknowledge than physical health?Jul 22Jul 22
Jessica SelfChild Pageantry — “Legal Eye Candy”Societies all around the world have had their own versions of beauty pageants for centuries. In 1854, the controversial P.T. Barnum held…Jul 20Jul 20
Jessica SelfWhy You Should Publish Under a Pen Name — and why I didn’tMany authors choose to publish their work under a pen name — also known as a pseudonym. Lewis Carroll, J.K. Rowling, and George Orwell all…May 18May 18
Jessica SelfImposter Syndrome: writers and self-published authorsWriters are no exception to imposter syndrome. The same imagination that creates entire worlds also creates lies in our heads.Apr 15Apr 15
Jessica SelfHow to Create a Writing Routine that Works for YouAs writers, we love to read about other writers’ writing routines, hoping that the perfect routine will help us to finally write our…Apr 8Apr 8
Jessica SelfFulfilling a Childhood Dream (publishing a book!)I can’t remember a time I didn’t write. It began with notebooks filled with my scrawling attempts at writing a book, then progressed to…Apr 1Apr 1
Jessica SelfWhen you feel like you don’t matter, think of this…I have fostered many cats and orphaned kittens. Unfortunately, due to health reasons, I have been unable to do so for a while.Oct 18, 2023Oct 18, 2023
Jessica SelfFantasy Paralysis — a poemOn a dreary cold morning, I drag my bones out of bed, thinking I might forget you exist and it would be a relief — but I remember every…Oct 11, 20232Oct 11, 20232
Jessica SelfThe First Step to Success — you cannot succeed without doing this firstOne of the most valuable lessons I’ve learned from my father is how to fail.Sep 29, 2023Sep 29, 2023
Jessica SelfSomeday is today — stop wishing your life awaySeveral years ago, I sat in the parking lot with my mother, in tears. I was entering my last summer before beginning work full-time and…Sep 26, 2023Sep 26, 2023