i read. i write. i rebel. my head hurts.
The Adventures of Miss Migraine is an ongoing column about my life with chronic migraine. A version of this post originally appeared on my blog of the same name on September 21, 2012. Before Aimovig, before Prozac, before even Neurontin…. I took Zonegran, a powerful anti-seizure drug. It helped, a little, but also caused me...
When Marie Kondo’s The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up was released in the US, I picked up a library copy and read it. I even gave it a bit of a trial run with my clothes (though I didn’t pile everything on my bed). Ultimately, though, I realized that while organization and tidiness is great,...
I read a lot. I love talking about books. And, I enjoy taking photos of books that bring out their inner beauty. (That is an exaggeration, because I am not that skilled. While my dad has taught me some photographic basics, my approach is still “experiment by taking a million shots, then see what...
The Adventures of Miss Migraine is an ongoing column about my life with chronic migraine. I started taking Aimovig, the first drug to ever be FDA approved for treating migraine (and not something else), back in November. I’ve taken three doses, and am due for my fourth in two weeks. The first month I noticed...
Rejection sucks, right? I know. I’ve been there (and will be there again, and again, and again…). The annoying this is that the more you submit your work, the more rejections you get back. At least until you hit that magical point of literary fame where no magazine would dare refuse your work! But then,...
Kelly reads everything, writes weird depressing fiction, and always has a migraine. She lives in Pittsburgh, PA, with her partner D.J., their dog, a lot of tea, and too many books. In a perfect world, she updates this blog every Tuesday and Thursday with essays on writing, living with chronic illness, and navigating this big/small world we live in. Keep reading...
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