You can call it a blog.
You can call it nonsense.
You do you. It’s all good.
I give writing tips and talk more deeply about the things that make me think over here. Our podcasts? All over the place, but you can see them here.
You can learn more about me here if you’re into it. And check out my books if you want.
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I wrote about this pretty recently, but I feel like I need to repost it here on this blog especially as I get ready to start a six-month class at the Writing Barn helping other authors believe in themselves. Anyway, I hope you’ll forgive me for reposting. I also hope that you have an amazing…
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But also, when we write? Magic happens. We move inside other characters, embody them, become them. That’s part of the reason why writers need to be diligent and build their worlds, piece-by-piece, symbol-by-symbol and word-by-word.
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I am not the kind of person who likes to look back at the year or look forward at the new year. I’m not sure why that is. It’s probably because I’m really good at worst-case scenarios and not so awesome at best-case scenarios. Yesterday, the last day of 2017 (the no-good, terrible year),…
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One day I was hanging out in the hallway of the middle school with some other moms, waiting for all the sports practices to be over so we could shuttle our kids home. These two other moms standing next to me were talking about diets and diabetes. They were both on Weight Watchers. One mom…
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A few years ago, I attended the Poinsettia Ball, which was THE main social event in our community. I helped set up the Friday before the event, during which time I learned how to make sure all the flatware is aligned EXACTLY the right way. It was actually kind of fun… the setting up part.…
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So, I’ve been reading a lot about marketing and social media lately, mostly because of my volunteer position at Rotary International, where I’m the public image coordinator for Eastern Canada and a bunch of the Northeast United States. And it made me think about how much I absolutely fail as a writer and marketer. Seriously.…
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I was just thinking about how I’ve never been the kind of writer that teachers loved. I mean, even growing up, I was not the writer that teachers praised. I was the writer that the other kids thought was funny. Except for…
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A few years ago, I was involved in a podcast with Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Melissa Marr, Janni Lee Simner, & Jennifer Barnes. This is sort of weird, but cool. Anyway, it was really great talking about books and urban fantasy with them. This was during the era of NEED. But the thing is……