First, a toast

If you’ve ever had to fend off quirked eyebrows and questions like “So you’re gonna be a teacher then?”,

If you actually enjoy reading and reciting poetry,

If you prefer real books to e-readers,

If you enjoy close readings of medieval texts,

If you stay up all night churning out enough words to hit your weekly writing goal,

If you’ve participated in NaNoWriMo,

If you’re not afraid to say that TFiOS made you cry,

If you can provide a psychosexual breakdown of Bram Stoker’s Dracula,

If you’d rather write a 2500-word essay than plow through a 2-page problem set,

If you’re anal about grammar,

If you’re a literate girl, or date a literate girl,

If The Giving Tree makes your heart ache,

If you feel disrespected for majoring in the humanities,

If you want to write.

This is for you. Cheers!