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're not an introvert, you may be losing your mind right now--but don't worry! Introverts such as myself have been training our...

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...

A prose poem from September 20th... My bed is most comforting during the exact moment I must rise from it, particularly on early fall...

Reedsyblog.com describes flash fiction as "a medium of brief and enclosed stories. Its average word count ranges anywhere from five to...

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...

It's getting colder! To celebrate, here's a journal entry I wrote last September about my new job as an admission counselor. I absolutely...

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...

I love the Beach Boys. The exact moment I became a fan was in my brother's car on Christmas Eve 2017. We were driving to Record Archives...

Real or fictional? North or south? Small town or big city? America or abroad? Here are some questions to consider when choosing a setting...

In light of my latest post about Pre-Writing, I thought I'd follow-up with an article on how I organize my writing material. Now that I'm...

Pantser or plotter? It's a common question discussed in writing communities. Do I plot chapter by chapter, or do I let imagination do its...