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Category: Class Assignments

September 5, 2019September 5, 2019 Melissa T. Miller1 Comment

Revised: xkcd Panel at Comic Con

** This post was written as an assignment for my Digital Journalism class through UCSD Extension. It’s a revision of the story originally posted here. Ever wonder how to survive onboard Read More …

Class Assignments
September 4, 2019February 28, 2020 Melissa T. Miller

Learning by Doing: Robert Dove run his weekly jazz jam like a classroom

** This post was written as an assignment for my Digital Journalism class through UCSD Extension. The musicians anticipate the countdown, hands twitching above their respective instruments. Robert Dove yells Read More …

Class Assignments, Creative Writing
August 4, 2019September 5, 2019 Melissa T. Miller

Live Event: Randall Munroe’s Comic Con Panel

** This post was written as an assignment for my Digital Journalism class through UCSD Extension. A revised version can be found here. Ever wonder how to survive onboard an Read More …

Class Assignments
January 29, 2019July 11, 2019 Melissa T. Miller

How Beer Gets Sour

**This was written as a class assignment for Science Writing I at UC Extension. Explain how something works. 250 words maximum. Bob Ross, while painting his famous landscapes, often says “there Read More …

Beer Widow, Class Assignments, Science Writing
December 6, 2018July 11, 2019 Melissa T. Miller

Questions

A short story.   “Ms. McCleary, what time of day was it when the shadow appeared?” I ask, tapping my notepad with my pen. I am nervous, but trying to Read More …

Class Assignments, Fiction
February 15, 2016July 11, 2019 Melissa T. Miller

At the corner of Alleghany and Eheart

Perhaps childhood should span all the years until we become teenagers, but when I refer to mine I am just talking about the four years of sheer innocence and oblivious Read More …

Class Assignments, Creative Writing
February 14, 2016July 11, 2019 Melissa T. Miller

My Happy Place

“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of Read More …

Class Assignments, Creative Writing, Travel

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