Sometimes I think even my imposter syndrome has imposter syndrome. In the last few months I’ve gotten into several anthologies, have spok...

Persistence is often a key ingredient to success.

Last weekend I taught at the Annual Conference on Creative Writing at Pacific. It was the first time I went to a writing conference not a...

Be Bold. Be Rebellious. Choose Art. It Matters. If you’ve read other reviews I’ve posted, you've probably noticed that I lean pretty heav...

In case you haven’t heard, we are now entering NaNoWriMo, more formally know as National Novel Writing Month. If you haven’t checked it o...

Recently, I got my biggest rejection to date. And I’m going to celebrate. Seriously. For real. Pop the champagne and toast my latest ‘no....

I realize I’ve been a ghost for the last month, and for that I apologize. June was an insanely busy month for me. In addition to have my ...

I've been feeling overwhelmed with gratitude from those in my writing community, and have been trying to figure out how to eloquently put...

Coffee is basically my best friend now. I have had an agent for just over a week and I am delighted and a bit overwhelmed by the amount o...

Warning - this is a long post, but I have so much to say! Exciting news! So exciting I want to run around doing a crazy happy dance. I. H...

Sometimes, I just need a really good pep talk. Maybe I've gotten a few rejection letters or I'm wondering if I'm good enough to write or ...