One of the things I’ve learned about myself over the years is I can create all kinds of stuff that never sees the light of day e.g. it sits in my house, on my computer, in storage, or only as a half-completed creative project. I think it's one of the vices of being a creative. We have so many ideas and projects we're gonna publish, gonna paint, gonna film, or gonna present to the world that we forget the most important thing: TO ACTUALLY DO IT! It's always a thing of this ye

Being a writer, I experience a lot of rejection. I mean a lot! For every published story or article, I can count almost triple the amount of rejections. However, I have found that this lifestyle has given me a pretty solid backbone, and a rejection doesn't mean you're done creating or submitting work. You simply move on. Please don't rest on your laurels. I celebrate my wins and then I move on to the next creative endeavor. There's always that one person in the crowd who ta

Author Jenna Cornell recently took part in a project called Artx. Created along the lines of Ted Talks , Artx brings local artists in to discuss their art. Jenna was able to talk about being a writer and gave tips on what she would have told herself when she was just starting out. Jenna's love for writing began at age nine. She has since been published as a poet, writer, journalist, and created a short film. Created and produced by Emmy-award winner Alex Zacarias, the Artx

Jenna Cornell's short film Words premiered at the Wildwood Film Festival 2018 in Appleton, Wisconsin yesterday. Words began in the fall of 2015 and was first performed at A Night of Epic Spoken Word and Musical Intermezzo in Horicon, WI hosted by the Horicon Phoenix Program. Since then, Jenna has recorded the poem and made it into a short film, which was submitted to the Wisconsin-based Wildwood Film Festival for inclusion in their 17th annual festival. Watch Words here: F

Jenna Cornell's short story "Mastering the Fine Art of Time Management" has been published. The short story focusing on the importance of...

"Be yourself". It's such a simply motto to follow. It's been regurgitated to women throughout our lives, yet we are bombarded by images,...