Rachel E. Watson

I think of myself as a "young writing polymath." To me, this means 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.

Everything I write 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 the genres in which I have written so far:

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.