Designing Lorri

Designing Lorri

  • The Lost Journals – Installment 1

    The Lost Journals – Installment 1

    I had an idea to write a mystery series based on journals. Where the American Girl books were about history, these books would be futuristic of the post-apocalyptic sort. I’ve decided what I’ll do is start posting as a series of blog posts, kind of like how writers used to submit stories in parts to […]

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    November 1, 2022
    Personal, Uncategorized
    creative writing, dystopian, fiction, storytime
  • NYC Midnight  100-Word Micro-fiction Challenge 2022

    NYC Midnight  100-Word Micro-fiction Challenge 2022

    When you have such few words to work with, every choice of word is not taken lightly. You can’t go “Herman Melville” with describing every minuscule thing. My strategy is to focus my words on the feeling of the character and the experience of the setting….

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    June 21, 2022
    Personal
    100 word microfiction, creative writing, feedback review, microfiction, NYCMidnight, writing challenge
  • What are you putting off today?

    What are you putting off today?

    Projects and More Too many people think that teachers get the summer off. That’s simply not true. You see, we are not employed for the days we are not working. My particular employer separates our yearly salary into 24 checks, so I’m getting paid twice a month all year. At the same time, it’s like […]

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    June 13, 2022
    mental health, Personal, personal growth, Uncategorized
    #momlife, #saltyteacher, #school, #WriersLife, ADHD, art, blogging, grief, mental health, painting, procrastination
  • From Mom to Middle School Teacher, and Back Again

    From Mom to Middle School Teacher, and Back Again

    Reflecting on my journey to being a teacher and choosing public school.

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    June 6, 2022
    education, Personal, personal growth
    #momlife, #VIPKIDlife, education, graphic design, home school life, mindfulness, mom
  • Nerd Summer

    Wow, it’s been a really long time since I’ve posted on my blog. I was having a huge issue with logging in and my portal showing nothing–I couldn’t even manage a couple comments. But, now that my issues have been resolved I hope to get back at it and post more consistently. One of the […]

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    July 23, 2021
    education, personal growth, Product and Service Reviews
    blogging, Christian, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, online learning, personal experience, Udemy, writing
  • NYC Midnight 250-Word Microfiction: 2020 Entry

    This is officially the third time I’ve entered one of NYC Midnights writing competitions. I enjoy the challenge of not knowing what the genre and required words and actions are until the contest begins. Three time in a row I ended up with Sci-Fi (three times because in my first go I made it to […]

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    November 24, 2020
    Uncategorized
    #microfictionchallenge250, 250microfiction, help me, NYCMidnight, short story, writing
  • #Poetry | “Cringe”, a poem about regrets

    #Poetry | “Cringe”, a poem about regrets

    Looking back…hindsight is always 20/20, as they say. It’s not easy to shake the past and move forward. Recently I’ve seen many of my my friends sharing memes promoting mental health awareness and acceptance. It’s hard for me to be to be as sympathetic and compassionate as others. I really struggle with expressing my self […]

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    May 30, 2020
    personal growth
    creative writing, cringeworthy, cringy, mental health, poem, poetry, reaching out, writer
  • 5 Simple Writing Tips for Beginners

    5 Simple Writing Tips for Beginners

    Writing is so stressful for some people. Personally, I’ve been creative writing for fun since 4th grade and have never stopped. It is a little embarrassing at times to look back at my old work as I cringe at the lack of vocabulary and grammar knowledge–but let’s be honest here: everyone starts somewhere. Now that […]

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    May 29, 2020
    education
    classroom, education, ELA, English, ESL, Essay, Literacy, student, TeacherLife
  • #TexasDrawingChallenge #ShapeofTexas |Art by DesigningLorri

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    May 21, 2020
    Uncategorized
  • “Ain’t Even Summer Yet”, A Texas Poem | #Poetry

    Already this spring has seen some days in the 90s. In Texas, that can be humid and miserable–all the more so if you have no air conditioning. Thankfully we were able, after months without it, to get ours fixed yesterday. It had finally gotten to the point of unbearable, and with my mom’s health issues […]

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    May 19, 2020
    Personal
    asthma, creative writing, Native Texan, poetry, Texas Heat
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