You heard me. I did it. I wrote 50,000 words (50,117, to be exact), in twenty-nine days. I finished on Saturday evening while I was...

Surprise! I'm delivering this post to you a day early. 2020 is a weird and rough year for so many of us, but it's important to look back...

Last time you saw me, I had caught back up with my word count despite the relapse in week one and my lack of passion for the project....

I've been listening to Taylor Swift a lot lately--everything from her old school country tunes to her synthesized pop masterpieces--and I...

It's been just over two weeks since NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) began. Last week my brain had exploded with thousands of...

You heard them all the time in high school or Writing 101 classes--"common writing advice." But are they really all that common and are...

For the first time ever, I decided that I wanted to participate in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) this year. Since I'm writing...

You've heard it all before. You're too young. You're too immature. You lack experience and perspective. You haven't found your "voice."...

After you've been writing a while, you start to notice patterns. Maybe it's a type a character, a location, or a symbol. These recurring...

I searched the internet deep and wide to find you these writing-related memes that sum up what goes on in this crazy mind of mine. I hope...

Hey. It's been a while Or rather, it's been a long while. I have neither reason nor excuse for taking an (accidental) six-month hiatus...

I recently finished John Truby's The Anatomy of Story--an in-depth book about the craft of writing. It'd been a while since I'd read a...

If you have a pulse on common tropes in YA books, chances are you've heard of insta-love--and probably with contempt from those talking...

Recently, I saw a Youtube video from a writer who had done a Q&A for her followers. It was fascinating to hear about someone else's...

Writers flit between two worlds: reality and imagination. Here's a glimpse into my brain as it brims with ideas for book three while...

I read a lot of YA fiction--particularly Contemporary YA. While some of them are wonderful and inspiring, others don't quite get it right...

Last you heard, I was neck-deep in edits for the second draft of my second, Contemporary YA novel. Here's a brief update of my writing...

On this day in 1970, rock 'n' roll legend Janis Joplin died of an accidental heroin overdose, joining Hendrix, Morrison, Cobain, and...

If you've been keeping up with my blog, you'd know that I've been working on my second Young Adult novel since June. I finished the first...

You ready for it? Here it is: Don't Be So Hard On Yourself. I'll extrapolate below. I was inspired to write today's post thanks to this...