Kelsey Olesen
Struggles with Creativity
This is what it feels like to not be able to be creative. To write. Or draw. Or paint. Or sometimes even engage with the world…
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Kelsey Olesen
Young Adult Fantasy Writer
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Kelsey Olesen
- Jun 7, 2021
- 8 min
Why I'm Obsessed with Raya and the Last Dragon
I watched Disney's newest animated feature, Raya and the Last Dragon, last Friday. And yesterday. And then I've been listening to the...
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By Kelsey Olesen
- May 27, 2020
- 9 min
How to Be Productive
The thing to know about Productivity is that it will always be faced by Resistance. By "the Fear" of success, by impostor syndrome, by...
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By Kelsey Olesen
- Nov 16, 2019
- 6 min
How to Fix “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”
The destruction of the Republic is planned as a side note to the ongoing conflict of the First Order hunting Finn and Rey for the map to Luk
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Kelsey Olesen
- Jun 7, 2019
- 4 min
Save the World: Recommend Books!
We don't need to be the heroes out to save the world to make a difference in it. There's no dragon to fight in a battle you make up
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Kelsey Olesen
- Aug 31, 2018
- 2 min
Favoritism is a Slippery Slope
When you tell someone that you like to read (as all writers should, and usually do), their first response is usually somewhere along the...
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Kelsey Olesen
- Jun 22, 2018
- 5 min
The Confidence Problem
I've been told for most of my life that I am a strong, confident young woman. This is not true. If I appear strong, it is because I am...
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Kelsey Olesen
- Apr 6, 2018
- 4 min
Getting Rid of Cultural Appropriation in Your Life & Writing
I am sharing this story with you, no matter how embarrassing and shameful, because I believe that all of us have something, large or small,
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Kelsey Olesen
- Feb 16, 2018
- 5 min
The Unexpected Problem of Student Loans, PART 2
What is the goal of college? Is it to create well-rounded, thoughtful adults? To teach youthful teenagers the responsibilities and sorrows o
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Kelsey Olesen
- Jan 12, 2018
- 7 min
2017 Roundup: Characters of the Year
One of my New Years resolutions for 2018 is not to pick favorites anymore, so instead of declaring which of these vastly different books was
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Kelsey Olesen
- Dec 21, 2017
- 11 min
Star Wars, Disney, & the Death of Creativity: What Writers Can Learn from The Last Jedi
The Last Jedi had a lot of great things going for it, including a wonderfully diverse cast of main characters, a female protagonist, and sev
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Kelsey Olesen
- Dec 1, 2017
- 5 min
Author Update: Failures, Ventures, and Accomplishments
November has been a busy month! Rather than a regular blog post this week, though I have several in progress, I thought I'd give a quick...
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Kelsey Olesen
- Nov 3, 2017
- 5 min
Books You Should Be Reading: Thorn by Intisar Khanani
Hello all! I have a few blog posts in process, but this week I want to talk about something I'm really excited about: One of my favorite...
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Kelsey Olesen
- Sep 29, 2017
- 13 min
How to Change Your Life in 5 Key Areas
In the last few years, I have made many huge changes in my life. Some of them were difficult, but some we far worse agonizing over the...
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Kelsey Olesen
- Sep 22, 2017
- 6 min
Creating a New World: A Defense of Children's Literature and Diverse Books
No matter what their ethnicity, children can learn about a real world full of diverse life experiences through diverse representation in the
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Kelsey Olesen
- Sep 8, 2017
- 6 min
Get Obsessed with Your Story
It is difficult to know when to put off laundry one more day so that you can get that chapter down that's been rattling around inside yo
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Kelsey Olesen
- Sep 1, 2017
- 8 min
Writing Tips: Revising vs. Editing, or How to Revise the Sh*t Out of Your Novel
Quite literally two days before I was scheduled to start revisions, I thought of a new aspect to my main character which would completely ch
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Kelsey Olesen
- Jul 21, 2017
- 3 min
The Fear of Being Average
Growing up, you are constantly told how special you are, how you can do anything, be anything, and possibly touch the moon if you jump...
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Kelsey Olesen
- Jul 7, 2017
- 4 min
How to be The Witch
When most people think of a witch, they imagine wicked old witches who eat children and put curses on people. A witch is the shadow...
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Kelsey Olesen
- Jun 23, 2017
- 2 min
Inspiration for Writers (and Everyone Else Too)
These are the things which help me to "just keep swimming" and writing my heart out. Hopefully one of them will be inspirational f
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