Emily Abigail Schalk

WRITER. EDUCATOR. (MESSY) HUMAN.

Expectations vs. Reality

October 5, 2015.Reading time 2 minutes.

One of my stumbling blocks as a writer/partner/friend/human-on-this-planet is my inability to handle a situation when my expectations don’t match my reality. You know in (500) Days of Summer when Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s character) fantasizes about certain situations only to be punched in the gut by reality? Yeah, that’s me. On the daily. I’m constantly creating these expected scenarios […]

An introduction.

October 2, 2015.Reading time 2 minutes.

Hello and welcome to the writing blog and portfolio website of Emily Abigail Krugh (pronounced ‘crew’). Here are some things you should probably know about me in order to understand my writing perspective a bit better. I’m 29 years old and live in a tiny white house with blue trim near downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. My home was built […]

Emily is the director of professional development and communications at a non-profit in Cincinnati, Ohio. She has also worked as a high school English teacher and a college and career-readiness advisor. Outside of her day job, Emily enjoys reading and writing poetry and creative nonfiction. She also enjoys exploring new coffee shops, book stores, and art museums whenever given the chance. Emily lives in Cincinnati, Ohio with her husband, two dogs, one cat, and an assortment of fish. She is expecting her first child (a boy!) in May 2021!