Rachel E. Watson

I have a wide range of genre interests, and I like to tap into new outlets for my creativity. I hope to keep trying new types of writing throughout my life.

My writing probes with love and humor the foibles of human nature, how we respond to suffering, and the ways in which we are resilient.

Here are some of my published works:

Poetry

• My debut poems, "Dinah's Dream," "Sabbath," and "Strange Blood" appeared in the May 2015 issue of Indiana Voice Journal.
• My poetry collection "The Constant Learning Curve" appeared in the fall 2015 issue of TWJ Magazine.
• I have published 16 poems on my own blog that have not appeared elsewhere.

Fiction

• My first short story, "Edie Meets the Poet," was published on May 27, 2015, by Splickety Lightning Blog, a flash-fiction outlet. 

Nonfiction

• Daily journalism at GRBJ.com
• This blog, since December 2008
• Guest blog post, "Five Points in Favor of Taking a Furlough," at the Breathe Christian Writers Conference blog, June 20, 2016
• Guest blog post, "5 Ways to Stimulate Your Creativity," at writer Josh Mosey's blog
• Guest blog post, "What Breathe Means to Me," at the Breathe Christian Writers Conference blog, July 29, 2015
• Guest blog post, "How People-Watching Feeds My Imagination," at the Breathe Christian Writers Conference blog, June 10, 2015
• Guest blog post, "5 Novels That Tore My Heart Out and Left Me for Dead" on author Lucy Mitchell's blog, Blondewritemore, May 29, 2015
• Guest blog post, "Why Writers Need to Stick Together," on novelist Susie Finkbeiner's blog, May 13, 2015
• Alumna guest column, "The Art of Saying Yes," in The Herald student newspaper at Cornerstone University, May 1, 2015
• Guest blog post, "Exercise: The Writer's Secret Weapon,"  at the Breathe Christian Writers Conference blog, May 1, 2015
• Campus Voices: A Student-to-Student Guide to College Life featured my essay, "Learning How to Love the Abused," April 1, 2009.
• Feathers & Leaves 2009: A Publication of the Cornerstone University English Society, featured my essay, "The Importance of Forward Motion," April 2009.
• The Daily News in Greenville, Michigan, featured my article about a Cornerstone University soccer player who grew up in Greenville, in 2007. 
• I worked as a College Connection blogger for The Daily News from 2007-08, during which time I wrote 16 blog posts about my student days. The series won a Michigan Press Association First Place Award for Blogging.