What I Write
Here is an extensive portfolio of writing samples I’ve written in the past few years. These experiences include technical, content-based, and creative writing pieces. If you wish, feel free to contact me with for any additional writing samples or questions.
Professional & Technical Writing
Instructional Replacement Guides | IFixit
This project entailed writing replacement guides for several elements of a laptop including the battery, RAM, motherboard, and hard drive. In addition, my team also wrote IFixit proposals, several different troubleshooting pages, and took professional photos for the guides.
Mock Feasibility Report | Professional Writing Course
For this project, my team created a mock-up of a feasibility report for the issue of vacancies in the Sulphur Springs community. In addition, we also did both online and onsite research, interviewed residents, created a data visualization, form implementation drafts, prepare a budget as well as wrote both a recommendation report and feasibility report for the community.
Articles and Listicles
All articles were originally published the Odyssey Online
Harvard's Retraction Of Acceptances Is A Important Shot At Privilege
The question of the hour is not whether anyone is guilty, but if the punishment fits the crime? Well, they say "the road to hell is paved with good intentions". In this case, the same could be said for the story surrounding Harvard University as of recent. As what started out as a chance to meet incoming students turned into a nasty debacle.
13 Poem "Duets" that are Absolutely Binge-Watching Worthy
They say that "two minds are better than one" and in this case, poems performed by two talents hold so much power and truth that they deserve to be recognized. Here is a list of the most binge-worthy poems from our favorite spoken word duos of all time. Check it out and see if you agree!
Truth Time: Who has the all-around Better Streaming Service, Netflix or Hulu?
With streaming rising in popularity over the years, it’s no wonder that corporations like Amazon Prime, Youtube Red, HBO GO, Netflix, and Hulu are growing and other companies (like DC and Disney) want to get in on the cash grabbing media. But the two most popular would have to be between Netflix and Hulu, so the age-old question besides the obvious, is “streaming worth it?” would really be “which streaming service is better, Hulu or Netflix?
27 Marvel & DC Characters that are so Similar, It can't be a Coincidence
Have you ever been watching a superhero movie because, let's be real they're everywhere nowadays, and think wow this seems eerily familiar? Well, that's because you've probably seen the same concept before closer to home then you think. So its time to shed some light on the seemingly shared stories of our favorite heroes (and foes)!
Creative Writing
The King's Garden | Fiction
He was their king, of malice and dreary darkness, and a crown made heavy on his head. He was not just a symbol of stature, but a beware sign stapled onto the face of their country.
He was their king, and no one dared to cross him.
He was an omen of death, a dangerously dark ruler. But even he found sanctuary in beauty and there was only one true place he favored, his greenhouse garden.
In the center of his kingdom is where it stood. Warded off with bitter black roses and poisonous calla lilies, spiked with snapdragon skulls, laced with hemlock and a touch crab’s eye. No one ever tried to enter the King’s garden, where one of the precious narcissus flowers laid, protected by his gifted cypress tree.
But on a day of bright blue skies and blazing heat, he noticed something was off in his silent sanctuary. His prized plant, a pomegranate tree placed in the center of his favored flower bed was laid bare. Plucked from the very branches, he wondered who would defy him so to steal a piece of fruit from his own garden.
It was then that he saw her, sucking sweet nectar and seeds from the very fruit missing from his tree. Juice dripping from the edge of her mouth, she turned to look at him.
She was beautiful, her long straight hair reached the pads of her fingers. Her cupid bow lips screamed at him of elegance and poise yet of dainty distinction. Eyebrows raised with high cheekbones, as if she dared to challenge him, was a beauty in its own right. Her eyes were a sweet sap brown with flecks of gold so bright, he wondered for a moment if she managed to pour nectar into her eyes without the sting.
She did not look frightened, and that was most strange to him.
Even when he grabbed her, she did not tremble. And when they reached the palace he knew why. She was of royal blood, the daughter of a queen from far away lands. She was only visiting the northern realms when she got separated from her guards.
She did not wish to steal from him but she did what she must to survive thinking that he could never punish her for this. She thought wrong.
Sin was sin, and to steal from a king is a treacherous crime. But he knew he could not kill her for she was not worth a war of realms.
But he wasn’t just cruel, he was also a cunning king, and no one undermines his rule.
So he wrapped his punishment with praise and courted her.
He asked for her hand, knowing she must accept it for peace. And though the Queen tried to convince him otherwise, he did not budge.
She would be his queen and would live away from the comfort of family, away from the land she called home. He could not kill her, but loneliness was a punishment worse than death.
His kingdom would thrive with the power of two heads, while hers would stumble on without an heir or succumb to his influence. And only then, he would get her back thrice fold, for she stole from him and in return, he took all that could be called hers.
But her mother was a stubborn ruler. The Queen sent treaties, gold, and many women to him in hopes that her daughter could return to her country. And though he did not wish to wage war over a simple thief, he too was headstrong.
So they came to a bargain. She would be his queen for half the year, the half where her warmth was needed, when he couldn’t go to his garden for sanctuary for the flowers didn’t bloom. And the other half, when his nutritious nectar was all that needed, she would return to her mother until she could see her own breath in the air.
He was the king, and to cross him was to be indebted forever. And she remembered that particular lesson every year that winter came.
After Hades and Persephone
Divided We Fall | Spoken Word Poetry
Here is a video of the spoken word poem, Divided We Fall, performed at the 2017 Cypress Says Event. This poem was specifically written for the event's theme: "Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.” -Benjamin Franklin.
187th Precinct Interrogation Room | Flash Fiction
Gin on your breath, pinned shackles stapled to the tabletop. You bite your nails, they file down to nubs. The pig flashes his badge, asks you why you did it. You don’t tell him your bruised knuckles buckle in comparison to the lashes on your legs, back or that whacks don’t come in tactical times, instead, constant cracks wrack your head. You tell him you wear your father’s hand me down hatred like chains, weights weighing down on your chest. He doesn’t see what you mean. He doesn’t see how you hide behind him. His passed down leather jacket bunches up on you. His worn battered bike strikes you. Spikes pierce your ears until there is no room left. His words echo, permanently pressed onto your skin. He asks you again.
“Why did you kill him?”
As if your father fathered any part of you as if blood prevents burned bridges. You look down at your blood-soaked sweater. Shared DNA mixed with broken bonds. The soles of your socks coated in holes, dirt. Shirt ripped, and black boot missing, collected as evidence. You answer,
A man reaps what he sows
When Other isn't an Option | Spoken Word Poetry
Here is a video of the spoken word poem, When Other isn't an Option, performed at the 2018 Cypress Says Event. This poem was specifically written for the event's theme: "I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against" -Malcolm X.