Tag: writing

Writing (and Reading!) Ekphrastic Flash Fiction About Girlhood

Thank you to The Inner Loop in Washington, DC for inviting me to read at the IA&A at Hillyer which has rotating art exhibits each month. Back in October, I attended the opening art gallery where I got to talk to artist Elizabeth Coffey about her “Landed” exhibition and it’s exploration of womanhood, family, subverting the domestic, and the difference between our internal selves and who we show the world.

Our conversation inspired me to write two flash fiction pieces exploring the expectations placed on girls from a young age from a speculative angle. You can listen to me read them below:

The Inner Loop as an organization has done so much for me as a writer. I had my first reading with them about a year ago and it was such an supportive environment. I also attended a retreat through The Inner Loop in West Virginia last year and had a major break through on a writing project. I’ve long believed writing is not a solitary activity but instead comes to live by being in community with others.

You can follow more of my writing, publishing, and cat photo updates on Instagram @christinaltudor and christinaltudor@bsky.social

1am Ramblings on the Importance of Doing Things

*This post was written between 1:15 and 1:40 am so please disregard any sentences that seem to be awkward.

I have to say, I feel really great right now. There’s nothing better than the feeling like I’m actually accomplishing and doing things. I’m not just talking about all the things that I maybe want to do at some point in the future…I’m actually doing them. And that feels great.

It’s one-something in the morning and I can’t sleep because I’m buzzing on how much I’ve gotten done lately. I submitted my first application for a summer internship, I finished a three-credit college course in two weeks, I spent quality time with a childhood friend, and I drank hot chocolate while watching Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Oh, and I actually started this freaking blog, a project I’ve been talking about, thinking about, and coming up with ideas on what to write about for over a year. Why should anything stop me from doing what I want to do, you know?

It took a year of me studying writing at the college-level for me to realize that it wasn’t exactly what I wanted. Don’t get me wrong, I love writing and always will; but I found that once I started doing it for a grade and in preparation for the professional world, I kind of lost all my passion and excitement for it. I stopped thinking of new story ideas in the middle of the night. I put all my writing-energy into my coursework so I stopped having any motivation to do it for myself.

For the first time in a long time, this feels right. I feel happy and excited about this project. I feel the its-super-late-but-I’m-going-to-keep-writing-anyways kind of feeling again. And it’s great. It’s so great that I want to encapsulate these feelings on the page so I can look back at how wonderful it is to get things done.

All the best,

Christina