“If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.”

–Toni Morrison

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  • What I Learned from a Year of Grant-Funded Novel-Work

    I’ve nearly come to the end of my grant period now. I’m rounding out the end of my editing project and the official grant fiscal year ends at the end of January, so it felt like a good time to… Continue reading

    What I Learned from a Year of Grant-Funded Novel-Work
  • Progress in Writing: Managing Daily Life & Deadlines

    Hello, world. It’s been a while since I did a proper blog post, I know. I didn’t expect to be gone so long, but, as it often does, life got a little on top of me. I had to let… Continue reading

    Progress in Writing: Managing Daily Life & Deadlines
  • Editing Your Own Creative Writing

    Hello, all. Long time no see. Between keeping my nose to the grindstone on editing my WIP and everything happening in this country right now, I haven’t had the energy or the wherewithal to post to this blog. However, a… Continue reading

    Editing Your Own Creative Writing
  • On Worldbuilding

    How do you world-build in your stories? Do you write vast, magical landscapes, unlike anything in our world? Or do you make subtle changes that become apparent in bits and pieces? When I first started writing as a lonely pre-teen,… Continue reading

    On Worldbuilding
  • Life is Kind of a Lot Right Now

    Oh, hey there. It’s been a few weeks, huh? Whoops. The truth is, despite the exciting news with my grant that started off the year, like many, many Americans, I’m really struggling right now. Between the ever-tightening vice that is… Continue reading

    Life is Kind of a Lot Right Now