On the Current Cultural Decay
My fear is that we can go backwards as a society. Literary fiction and other art dies in a bad or sick culture. Today, all literary fiction is tribalistic and not about morality at all.
On Writing and Why I Chose Literary Fiction
Ever since childhood, I have used my “microscope” to help me find the words to say.
On Gratitude and Attention to Detail Using a Writer’s Microscope
I have been highly sensitive to my surroundings since I can remember and this contributes to my writerly perspective.
To Readers
Mission Statement: “I write to inspire readers to cherish the most meaningful moments found in daily life.”
To Crafters
Mission Statement: “I do calligraphy to share the beautiful details found in Copperplate script.”
To Reporters
Mission Statement: “I proofread to uphold the integrity of the American English language and the law.”
Finding My Own Voice
I now work for myself as a freelancer and I have nothing to lose, really. I have no teachers or professors there to lower my grades, I have no boss to fire me, I am completely on my own now and able to sink or swim by my own design.
Who Am I and What Do I Believe In?
As I wrote about in the previous blog post, Atlas Shrugged and, subsequently, all of the other works that Ayn Rand produced have changed my life.
My Business and Current Routine
I decided to call my new business “American Wordsmith” because I realized that all day, every day, I was spending with American English words in a variety of forms: reading them, writing them, fixing them.
Chronology: Bankson’s Life and Works
2026 1 January: Merged two businesses into one, all under Kaitlyn Bankson.
***To be Continued***
My Favorite Time Period Timeline (1850-1906)
The books that are the most sacred to me are as follows: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo, and Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. Of course, there are many other pieces of work that I love, but these speak to my soul.
Literary Critique of Sally Rooney’s Normal People (Part I)
Many of these topics concern the Left’s tribalistic love affair with topics like racism, feminism, and Marxism. Sally Rooney openly declares herself to be a Marxist, and it seems like that opened the doors to her publishing career.
Literary Critique of Sally Rooney’s Normal People (Part II)
Not only is the writing immature in certain ways, but the characters from the beginning are immature.
On the Writer
However, I find that the only way to enhance one’s view of life is to romanticize it. Thanks to Ayn Rand, I now have a philosophical framework by which to live—Objectivism.
On the Reader
Books became my way of searching for the “why” to life.
“Full Moon” by Elinor Wylie 2011 POL Recitation
My bands of silk and miniver
Momently grew heavier;…
Ayn Rand on Individual Rights
Click the link to read an op-ed article about Ayn Rand's views on individual rights:
Ayn Rand’s Words Live On
Click the link to read a press release article on Ayn Rand's "lost" novel that was recently published by Penguin Random House: