Talia Franks's Blog: Word-for-Sense and Other Stories, page 4
September 28, 2021
The Elements
This poem is somewhat an ode to my tattoos, but I've gotten more tattoos since then. I hope you enjoy!
September 21, 2021
Book Review: The Love Study by Kris Ripper
This book is beautiful and wild and so sweet, and I love it. Bear with me as I have not written a book review in a while, so I’m trying to find my footing between telling you about the book and not just gushing over how much I adore it. To set the stage, we […]
September 10, 2021
Percy Jackson Project: The Last Olympian
So here it is, a long time coming, the final entry into the Percy Jackson Project. (Of the original five books.) I must apologize, because it has been agonizingly long since I worked on this project. I’ve been overwhelmed with a variety of other projects, including starting two entire podcasts. (Funny story, did you know […]
June 1, 2021
Performance
It's Pride Month! And that's a lot. So here's a poem about performance.
May 12, 2021
Why fanfiction is the only Harry Potter content for me
I have spent well over half a year trying to articulate the thoughts in this post, and I am still hesitant as to whether or not I can. All the same, silence is a weapon of oppression, and given the fact that I have spoken on this matter previously, I feel it important to firmly […]
May 7, 2021
May 4, 2021
Poetry and Music
I’ve been a poet and a writer all my life. Growing up I wrote poems in journals, on post-it notes, in thank-you cards and letters. Words sprawled across pages, some of them unbearably cheesy, corny, angsty, particularly as I got to high school. For years I have been honing my craft, and I continue to […]
March 31, 2021
My Fanfiction Journey
When I was younger, I was incredibly shy about how much I loved fanfiction. Ashamed even. Reading and writing fanfiction were solitary activities, and I hid anything having to do with them from all but my closest friends. I became more open about my love of fanfiction and began to blend my identity as a […]
March 12, 2021
Adulthood, Time, and Direction
One of the first things I thought to myself when I decided to let this blog loose was: okay Talia, what are you going to write about now? What do the people want to hear? After thinking about it for a while, I decided that my first approach would just be to start with telling […]
