What the (heck) Neighbors Saw by Melissa Adelmen book review *no spoilers-ish* June 13, 2025May 31, 2025 shanedraLeave a comment Shanedra reflects on a good book she recently read.
“Affordable” vs. “luxury”: a case study on the Apple vs. Android “beef” May 31, 2025September 19, 2025 shanedra4 Comments This was a paper I wrote for my COMM 3305 class about communication in technology. I wanted to make sure I included this here as well.
“How do you think language-based AI will affect online education?” April 18, 2025December 7, 2025 shanedraLeave a comment For my Communications class, we were instructed to write our opinions on AI and I wanted to share my passionate and detailed response on the blog, as well as adding a few rogue thoughts here and there.
Discussing death in storylines and it’s use as a plot device/plot escalator December 6, 2024December 6, 2024 shanedraLeave a comment Shanedra wrote this post in two parts on her personal blog and thought it would be a good idea to share here!
What defines a “bad” story? November 15, 2024December 3, 2024 shanedraLeave a comment Shanedra writes about what makes a "bad" story based on research and her own analysis of "bad" stories she's experienced.
The best policy for the Internet is honesty: the online disinhibition effect October 29, 2024October 31, 2024 shanedraLeave a comment Shanedra discusses a cool phenomenon on why people are so nice (and mean) on the internet.
ChatGPT and writing: should they mix? October 15, 2024October 29, 2024 shanedraLeave a comment Shanedra talks about AI and her problems and her issues she has with using it with writing.
Lawyer by day, poet by night: the story of Demonica D. Gladney September 22, 2023October 22, 2024 shanedraLeave a comment This is article I originally wrote for a magazine I worked for, but since it was scrapped I decided to publish it on my platform!
The art of “getting it done” February 26, 2023January 1, 2023 shanedraLeave a comment Shanedra talks about the character trait of perseverance and how important it is.
Novel update: First drafts really do suck February 19, 2023February 19, 2023 shanedraLeave a comment For the new year, I publish a post I wrote in December about me re-reading a novel I wrote in early 2022. (Cringey but beautiful.)