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C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy
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Kara Chatham
Sep 16, 20141 min read
Therapy. Unfinished. Struggle
Have you ever been so attached to an experience that when it’s over you can’t bring yourself to write it all down? It’s not that I don’t...
Kara Chatham
Sep 14, 20142 min read
An Incomplete Post for an Incomplete Thought
The following is a post I started but I got distracted and never finished it. I feel like it should be posted anyway and maybe I’ll get...
Kara Chatham
Aug 31, 20142 min read
Safe Place. Happy Place.
A friend of mine had the pleasure of experiencing her first summer as a camp counselor. Now, anyone who knows me at all knows how much my...
Kara Chatham
Aug 31, 20141 min read
The Struggle to Write
Have you ever had something that you really wanted to write about but had the most difficult time getting the words to travel from your...
Kara Chatham
Aug 20, 20141 min read
Emotional Induced Writing
Have you ever written something that was entirely out of a certain emotion? I have done that so many times and I am sure that I am not...
Kara Chatham
Aug 4, 20143 min read
The Strange and Wonderful
Yesterday, I completed my yearly ropes course. I have had to participate in at least one low ropes course for the last two, three years. ...
Kara Chatham
Jul 31, 20143 min read
(Not So) Unusual Words of Comfort
Have you ever had a difficult time explaining something that is going on and then you read something that explains it exactly? Well that...
Kara Chatham
Jul 23, 20143 min read
LEGOs: Community & Leadership
I’m currently reading a book for my position as a Resident Assistant – Toy Box Leadership by Ron Hunter Jr. & Michael E. Waddell. It...
Kara Chatham
Jul 22, 20141 min read
It Irks Me
It irks me when I have a completely awesome idea and I get seriously stuck to the point of being unable to keep the idea moving along the...
Kara Chatham
Jul 21, 20141 min read
Posting Ideas
There are times when I really want to post something I have written because I am super proud of it and want others to see it. Then I...
Kara Chatham
Jul 20, 20141 min read
Finding the "Right" Music
I posted this on my tumblr the other day: “Trying to figure out a character’s taste in music, so you can write their story more easily,...
Kara Chatham
Jul 19, 20142 min read
I Have a Problem
Something I do when I get stuck on one project is I hop to another one. This can be good, but for me, more often than anything it’s very...
Kara Chatham
Jul 12, 20142 min read
Why Do I Do This?
How many times have you asked yourself that question? Why do I do this? Why do we do anything? Honestly. Think about it for a moment. Why...
Kara Chatham
May 22, 20146 min read
Camp Can Change [Fill in the Blank]
By the title you may have some ideas as to what it is that I am going to be discussing in this blog post. I know this doesn’t really have...
Kara Chatham
May 7, 20141 min read
What is Love?
What is love? A question that has a multitude of answers. What are the answers? They are merely words that lead to more questions. So...
Kara Chatham
Apr 15, 20143 min read
The Future is Imminent
The future is imminent. Because of how imminent it is, it’s kind of daunting. I think the reason why it is so daunting is because we...
Kara Chatham
Apr 8, 20142 min read
Coming to Life
It really is a beautiful thing watching your story come to life. I wrote a ten minute short film on depression for a class project. My...
Kara Chatham
Apr 7, 20142 min read
Rejection.
Rejection letters are never fun to reveive. I, personally, think it is worse to receive them secondhand. Due to not living at home for...
Kara Chatham
Apr 4, 20142 min read
Post Playlist Life
On March 22 – 23, 2014 I attended a YouTube Convention called Playlist Live. I truly enjoyed myself. I had the pleasure of meeting a good...
Kara Chatham
Feb 22, 20142 min read
Why Write?
So I’m currently reading FanGirl by Rainbow Rowell (one of the nine I have chosen to read for my Young Adult Lit class) and I’ve enjoyed...
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