A small town kid just living the dream. — Hi everyone! My name is Noah Nelson and I am from the small town of Taylorville, located smack dab in the middle of Illinois. Currently, I am a junior at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign majoring in journalism with minors in political science and history. Outside of the classroom…

This story is crazier than you think. — You know who President John Tyler is, right? You should know he spent some time in the White House, and that even though he died in 1862 in the early days of the American Civil War, he still has one grandchild living today. How is that even possible? It’s strange…

I’ve re-read them and think about these books quite often. — Ahh, high school literature classes. Those days were spent reading classics and learning why those books are considered classics. It was wonderful to travel back in time learning about the ideas behind those books, the times in which they were written, and the authors behind the words. Many of them…

This past week, the WWE Universe lost the one and only, Bray Wyatt. Known to fans as the Eater of Worlds, The Fiend, and the New Face of Fear, Wyatt left us at the mere age of 36. I had to do a double take when I first saw the…

I woke up earlier this weekend to find something peculiar about Medium. As I continued my daily morning routine of drinking water, going to the bathroom, and stretching, I then checked Medium. I also look how much I earn along with other stats. Then I found something I had never…

It has been for me so far, what about you? — Like many of you, I didn’t know what Medium was when I first joined the platform. All I knew was that I could earn real money from my writing. And I could do it soon. But that’s about it. So, I jumped into the flowing waters of Medium in Feb…

They’re too good to read only once. — There’s nothing quite like a good thriller. If it’s good, or great even, it grabs you by the throat and pulls you into its words and stories. …

It’s a lesson to learn early on in your writing career. — Writing is easy. Writing is hard. Some days, it’s in between, and sometimes, days are worse than others. Humans aren’t designed to have perfect days all of the time. Mistakes are bound to happen, and we must encounter and learn from them as often as we can, sometimes over a…

When one thinks of a book club, the scene of middle-aged women sitting around a coffee table drinking wine and gossiping comes to mind. Most of the time. However, many celebrities nowadays like Oprah Winfrey and Reese Witherspoon have a book club. …