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A Little Perseverance

Today is the last day of National Novel Writing Month. Though I managed to reach the 50,000 word goal two days prior to this post, I...

The Beginning of Interesting

When thinking about what I would write this week, I knew I wanted to try to get back to that enamored feeling I once had for my book....

Only Time Will Tell

One week ago, I was watching the episode of Parks and Recreation where Andy and April drive to the Grand Canyon, and "All Will Be Well,"...

Better

It's the eve of my 25th birthday, and I've felt so much building to this point; the quarter life crisis, the paralysis of this place in...

Finis

This time last week, I was handing over the *finished* draft of my manuscript to the best friend. I had spent the days leading up to that...

Emerge from Exodus

Emerging from my "off-grid" experience, I find Joanna Penn's words to be more true than ever: "Even if you plot your books, sometimes you...

Before the After

I never set out to write a book about 9/11. Even as I read the pages of my work-in-progress, I know this to be true. To divulge too much...

Revealing the Rejected

This has been a year of rejection. Maybe last September I would not have been able to write so candidly about my own rejection, but that...

Mountain Call

I've written before about resolutions and disappointments. It was my intention this year of posting here once a week, and the time...