PinnedThe Filing CabinetQuickly browse my top article categories here — No more scrolling! Here you’ll find my Medium articles neatly organized for your reading pleasure. Just click the links to navigate. Browse The Filing Cabinet Animals & Wildlife Travel & Sights to See Writing about Writing Books Books BooksLists1 min readLists1 min read
Jan 29Member-only“Will ChatGPT replace me?” is the wrong questionYou should be asking, “Is my writing produced or crafted?” — AI is breathing down content and copywriters’ necks. It’s scary to think technology could replace you, leaving “writer” in the heap of discarded job titles alongside “travel agent” and “switchboard operator.” But you see, that’s where you’re misunderstanding what it is you do. Imagine, if you will, that you’re no…AI3 min readAI3 min read
Jan 24How Craft Books Nearly Ruined My WritingI’m a nonfiction writer by trade, but my heart is in fiction. (Or at least I thought it was.) I’ve written and published I don’t even know how many short stories. I won NaNoWriMo last year. …Writing3 min readWriting3 min read
Oct 30, 2022An Open Letter to My Neighbor’s Walnut TreeYou are toxic both literally and figuratively. — Dear Neighbor’s Black Walnut Tree, I consider myself a treehugger. A nature-lover by nature. But I make an exception for you. There is very little to like about you, giant toxic tree that drops staining brown nuts all over my house. I’ll admit, you do have some good qualities. Like all the trees in this…Open Letter3 min readOpen Letter3 min read
Published inThe Creative Cafe·Oct 23, 2022Member-onlyThe Crime of the Orange Inspector“‘Adorbiez,’ I get it. They’re orb-shaped and they’re adorable. Funny!” The FDA inspector stopped rolling the navel orange in his palm when he realized the fruit vendor hadn’t congratulated him on his cleverness. “Adorb was my great-grandfather’s name.” “Oh — I mean — ” “Nah, I’m just joshing,” the vendor…Fiction8 min readFiction8 min read
Oct 21, 2022That One Time I Called the Cops on a BatLet’s get one thing straight. I love bats. They’re vital pollinators, help keep the mosquito populations down, and only rarely interact with humans. Rarely, but not never. I’ve met a bat two times, and the first time went pretty well. The first time I met a bat, I was very…Wildlife5 min readWildlife5 min read
Oct 21, 2022Member-onlyThree Reasons Nobody Will Ever Know My PseudonymI write a lot. It’s my job, it’s my hobby, and some might say it’s my identity. But that’s not the whole story. I have an alter ego. To most, I’m Sarah: blue light glasses-wearing content writer for a global corporation, nonfiction music author, and irregular Medium poster who is…Writing2 min readWriting2 min read
Published inFreeRein·Feb 28, 2022Member-only10 Animal Volunteer Gigs You’d Quit Your Job to Do Full-TimeDonating your time to through volunteer work is a fantastic way to be the change you want to see in the world. …Volunteering4 min readVolunteering4 min read
Published inILLUMINATION·Feb 25, 2022Member-onlyI’m Proud of My 9-Year Employment GapI don’t care how it looks— staying home with my children was worth it — Nothing I did in the second half of my 20s was resume-worthy. My 30s were headed down the same path, but I was ready to change that. When I dusted off my LinkedIn profile hoping to return to the workforce, employers were understandably nervous about an undocumented decade. Where had…Work Life Balance5 min readWork Life Balance5 min read
Feb 25, 2022Member-onlyThe Craziest, Most Intense Sport You’ve Never Heard of: Competitive KnittingIt’s madness! — Every year around this time, knitters start googling “When is March Madness?” not because we care about basketball (it is for basketball, right?) but because we’re trying to gauge how much time we have left for yarn shopping before the biggest, most competitive, most carpal-tunnel-inducing event in the crafting world. …Knitting5 min readKnitting5 min read
