Before we ring in the new year (and new DECADE...???), here are my favorite personal and pop culture moments from 2019! Favorite Album of...

When I say my six most-recommended classic books, what I really mean are my six favorite classic books. These are books that stuck with...

Let's talk about one of the most controversial books in YA fiction--the true story of an anonymous, fifteen-year-old girl who chronicles...

As I inevitably find myself coming back to YA Fiction, enjoy my spoiler-free review on Emery Lord's debut novel about love, friendship,...

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...

Please join me as I venture away from my typical Contemporary YA read into the world of short story collections. Mouthful of Birds,...

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