As we know from THIS POST, I was once revision-averse. I was also incredibly arrogant and felt nobody had the right to tell me how to write, but I'm happy to...

Hi there! So you're considering applying to Write Mentor? FANTASTIC! This program is such an incredible opportunity to grow your craft and connect with other...

Marisa is an incredible mentor and writer, and her novel THE SHADOW KEEPERS comes out 7/30/2019. Buy it here!

On the first day back from mid-winter break, I asked my students to take a few minutes and think about what they did for themselves during their time off--mo...

It's February! Love month! Except I missed out on doing a Valentine-themed post... BUT the love doesn't end yet because February is my BIRTH MONTH!! So for m...

I was lucky enough to receive an E-ARC of this awesome book, so consider this some early advertisement! It comes out January 29, and you won't want to miss i...

And now for something completely different... I was tagged by Ariel from wavesofpages.com to do this Holiday drinks book tag! Check out the original post her...

As an English teacher, I’m biologically programmed to love certain books. Catcher in the Rye, Lord of the Flies, and Shakespeare anything, for example. But t...

I had the honor of working on my novel with Candace through the Write Mentor program. Here is my review of her book Quinsey Wolfe's Glass Vault. You can find...

As a lonely youngest-child with imaginary friends and an invisible flavored air dispenser in my backyard, it’s no secret that I was a bit of a weirdo. That s...

Fun fact: My world is full of incomplete journals because I can’t keep a commitment to writing. I have finished a journal before, but for each of the four so...

I. Love. Tim. Gunn. He is by far the best part of Project Runway, next to the incredible artistry, of course. When I saw his name as a guest puzzler on my fa...