Author: Camden Rose

Years ago, Camden Rose brought her typewriter across the country to Seattle after completing degrees in marketing and creative writing at Elon University. She fell in love with the city and hasn't left since. She can often be found at the ocean's edge taking notes on the local mermaid population. She loves exploring nature and seeking out the magic hidden beneath the everyday world. Currently, she is working on various short stories, novels, and a master’s in education.

2023 Recap and 2024 Goals

December 31, 2023.Reading time 3 minutes.

Hello! This year, I made it my goal to write 1 short story a month and to submit 100 times to markets by the end of the year. Given that in 2022, I wrote about 5 stories total and submitted 42 times, this felt like a stretch goal. Not only did I hit my goals, […]

August Writing Update

August 20, 2023.Reading time 2 minutes.

Hello void! A lot has happened since I last posted (many, many months ago). One, I got engaged. Two, I received my master’s. Three, I went to an amazing writer’s workshop in Kansas. And, four, I have submitted 260+ times this year. 260? Submissions? What do you mean? Good question. So, you see, last year […]

What you didn’t know about Seattle

February 18, 2023.Reading time 6 minutes.

When updating my blog, I stumbled upon this beautiful post I created during my first month in Seattle. As someone who has lived here for three years now and has no desire to ever leave, I thought it would be a great idea to share this list in honor of how much I love this […]

Mental Health Check-Up

November 4, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

As I write this, I have the United States map pulled up in another tab, checkered in shades of blue and red.

Becoming Invisible

October 30, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

First, you must remove your clothes. Protection from the heat, from the cold, from the natural elements is not provided. Learn how to manage life blind. With nothing for images to bounce off of, you won’t be able to see anything as much as people won’t be able to see you. Light will go straight […]

Rainy Days 2

September 9, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

The pitter patter on the roof meant it was time. They grabbed the breaking down beach chairs leaning against the garage walls, shook off the sand, and placed them in the middle of the floor, facing the outside. They ran to their parents and pulled them into the room, stopping to get some chips on […]

Rainy Days

September 8, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

They spent days decorating the popsicles, adding little cloth sails for balance and tiny green toy soldiers for personality, taking Crayola markers and creating stripes all around the sticks. Then, they watched the weather, impatient, waiting for a storm, waiting for the rain, and when it did, they took their popsicle sail boats and ran […]

How to Show Her Love

August 25, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

Take her hand when she’s crying and when she’s laughing. Take her hand. Listen to her even when you don’t want to. She will do the same. Ask for forgiveness. Say you’re sorry. Improve. Try. Work toward something. Show her you love her in sloppy wet kisses before work, in making sure she knows she […]

Dissociation of a Writer 2

August 19, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

I can’t experience life. My grandma passed away a year ago and although I cried, in the back of my head I couldn’t stop thinking about how these emotions I was experiencing would make a good poem one day. My boyfriend was having a very serious conversation and I wasn’t paying attention because I liked […]

Dissociation of a Writer

August 18, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

Often times when I find myself crying after a horrible break up or a reminder of something sad, there is a little voice in the back of my head telling me to be observant, live it out, experience the emotions, no matter how much I don’t want to because somewhere, somehow, I might be able […]