MAYA'S DREAMiNG LAND

Hello!! What an exciting month we've had. My debut single, "Callie" came out on Friday, July 24th, and it's been so nerve-wracking sharing what I've been working on apart from the writing you read on here. If you haven't listened to it yet, it would mean a lot to me if you did, it's out on all streaming platforms. That being said, let's move on to this month's Writer from a Writer! July has seen some spectacularly star-studded movie releases (I've seen both The Odyssey and Sp

Halfway!! Woo! Today's piece is going to be short (because I'm writing it on the last day of June lmao). I got a Substack page set up this month, (https://substack.com/@mayadietrich7) so be sure to follow that for more immediate musings from me. Lot's of fun stuff going on this month. Lot's of very scary things that may or may not make me want to throw up. I'm also running on about 2 hours of sleep spread out through the last 5 days. Yay. This month we're looking at series wr

Hellooooo! I'm very excited for this month's Writer from a Writer. As I've hinted at before, with the entirety of this series really, I have some pretty big aspirations to ensure I stay writing all my life. A major part of that is writing in multiple mediums. This month we'll be focusing on songwriting! Tracy Chapman was born and raised in 1970s Cleveland, Ohio, where she lived with her mother and older sister. She grew up across the street from a public library, which was th

Hello curious readers!! This is a month I'm very excited for, because it was such a hands-on activity for me to justify making time for. One thing about me is that I LOVE scrapbooking. I like mindlessly gluing images onto cardstock, writing little notes in my doctor's-print and leaving messages about the photos. I like arranging and rearranging their orders, colouring - I actually even make my own stickers (a quarantine pastime that stuck). All that being said, it does make

Amaze amaze amaze, I have returned for my third Writers from a Writer post, fist my bump! (another last minute one, go me). I have to say, this month's writer is one I'm really excited for. I love books, but something you may not know about me is that I also love movies and TV, and one of my all-time favourite things is when the two meet (especially when they're given a spectacular soundtrack, which mixes my three favourite things! - more on this later). I felt like I owed yo

Hello inquisitive readers! I got insanelyyy busy this month (working towards unattainable goals and whatnot) and really crammed this into the last few days of February, I know… the whole excuse I was trying to avoid by doing this. Anyway, hello and welcome back to my Writers from a Writer series! Honestly, I was on the fence on who I wanted to study this month. I knew I wanted to look at someone from the Romantic era (and, no, by this I don't mean romance as a genre, I feel t

Hello and welcome back to the dreary hellscape that is my mind. I'm kidding… mostly. I was looking back at this last year over the break, and I realized that I've barely written on here, oops. Ideally I'd like to post weekly, but I know that that's just not possible considering all the things on my plate at the moment (work, academics - a full course load at that - and some very exciting things that I've been sitting on for months now and I really need to get my act together

Hello curious readers, I've been a bit MIA as of late, sorry. I'm busy writing excruciatingly long essays (annoying as many professors as I can with my endless ability to go over the word count). Not to mention filming (😏😏😏) and recording (eeek!!!) some very exciting things that you don't get to know about yet. Most importantly, however, I've been writing more than ever. I'm talking every waking hour. I get home, and I write. I'm on the train, and I write. It's non-stop, a

Helloooo. I've been in denial over what time of year it is. Summer is by far my favourite season. I love the long, hot days, the lack of structure, the peaceful quality the air has… everything about it is perfect perfect perfect. But when the leaves start to turn from evergreen to pale yellow, I have to finally admit that summer is passing into fall. Don't get me wrong, fall is infinitely better than winter - I love the bright colours and motivation to study, the crisp breeze

Hellooooo. I've been thinking a lot about how eclectic this summer has been. It has met me with seasons of deep sorrow, painful nostalgia, and glimpses of future anxieties. But mostly it's been kind to me, and I've felt deeply at peace with who I can feel myself becoming - someone I've been denying myself the pleasure of being for far too long. I've been working on some things, and I may actually implode out of sheer excitement if I don't find a release for them soon… I haven

I, and likely you as well, have often been asked "what's your favourite book?" Seems simple. A go-to on a first date, while also beloved by socially awkward friends. This usually leaves me, and presumably everyone else who's ever been asked this question, wondering, "what is my favourite book?" I've read books that I've liked, books that I've hated, books I had to write essays on, books I didn't really want to read but read anyways because my friend liked them, or I wanted to