Author, Nerd, and Oxford Comma Fan
February was a wild month: We revealed the cover for Haunt Your Heart Out, and early ARCs have hit Netgalley and Edelweiss! HYHO climbed in “most requested” for fiction, romance, and ALL books and I’m so, so grateful for all …
Just popping in to scream/shout/holler/yell about my second book, HAUNT YOUR HEART OUT, which has been acquired by Alcove Press for publication in October 2024! This Stowe, Vermont-set romance features a ghost-hunting documentary crew (including one very Henry Cavill-esque love …
I’ve got news: My book, BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO SEXTING, is being published by Alcove Press in Fall 2023! The announcement hit Twitter in August—just before I took off on an unrelated trip to Philly. The number of times my exciting …
The final week of Writer In Motion 2021 is here! Okay, okay, I’m a couple days late with my final version. For the final stretch, each participant was paired with an editor. I was matched up with Justine Manzano, who …
Here we are, Round 3 of Writer In Motion 2021. Last year’s WIM was my first CP experience. The terror. Yikes. Okay, so this year was much easier to just click send on that CP message. There was still the …
Here we are, the second week! You’ve seen my ultra-messy, write-until-words-stop, what-even-is-plot-anyway?! post. That was then. This is now. And now… Well, now we’re cooking but we’re still missing some ingredients. Or something. I don’t know, please don’t judge me, …
Writer in Motion is a writing project that shows how a short story progresses “from prompt to polished,” and the rule is that the first draft is posted as a first draft. No editing allowed. I struggle with sharing work …
I did a thing! I entered a short story contest. Woohoo, go me! I’m not a short story writer (I’m way too wordy, have you noticed?) But after chilling with the Writer in Motion crew, I picked up a few …
Self-edits. Oof. I started over my 1,000-word count limit, so my first sweep through my Writer in Motion Unedited First Draft was checking for repetition, removing anything that was filler, and striking the random side quests I always tend to …
Endlessly curious, hopelessly awkward. Author of adventurous tales: MG, YA & Adult Fiction. Keeper of random facts. SEO copywriter. INFJ. And ready for some blog-based accountability.