by juliehartig | Feb, 2024 | Lessons Learned, Writing
A Tale of Two Teams While working for a mid-sized company, the engineering group took part in a half-day team-building workshop. The organizers divided us into two groups and presented us with a survival challenge. Each group had an hour first to decide if they would...
by juliehartig | Jan, 2024 | Story, Writing
Story synopsis: In a dystopian America, where a radical party and a rising despot have taken over the government, Grace embarks on a perilous journey to escape her homeland before the government seals off its borders. Her path collides with a young girl brought to the...
by juliehartig | Jan, 2024 | Writing
How do you find joy when the world seems to be crumbling around you? It’s been a tough year with three deaths in the family, my rights as a woman rolled back (and under assault), and the world devolving into a state of strife. While my personal life is...
by juliehartig | Dec, 2023 | Story
‘Twas the day after Christmas, and at the North Pole, The holiday season had taken its toll. The reindeer were stabled, the elves in their beds, And dreams of vacation swirled in my head. When in the front hall, there arose such a clatter, I flew through the...
by juliehartig | Nov, 2023 | Story
Trigger warning: Domestic abuse, murder, police violence, mental illness, miscarriage Tina believed in monsters. She’d been hunted by one and was being hunted still. His name was Johnny. A patient predator who possessed a talent for deploying psychological...