#writing

Recalling the Magic

For the past month, I have been moving my blog posts from Wix to Squarespace in preparation for the unveiling of the new home of KAYLA...

Into the Trenches

Leading up to this point in my writing career, I always knew I would submerge myself into the murky waters of traditional publishing....

Out of the Mind; Onto the Page

From the moment I wished the best friend a happy birthday today, I knew I would write about him, amongst other writerly things. You see,...

Birthday Letter

Dear Sylvia, Your once beloved beau wrote a final collection entitled Birthday Letters that I have yet to read. But I read that today it...

Like Your Girls Insane

Upon finishing my submission for the TRAGEDY QUEENS ANTHOLOGY, which I have been working on for far longer than I might've imagined, I...

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...

The Call of the Hufflepuff

From the moment I saw Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them with one of my best friends, who is a proud Potterhead as well, I knew J.K....

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...

Just Written

I've always loved Robert Hass's quote about writing: "It's hell writing and it's hell not writing. The only tolerable state is having...