As a creative writer, I am used to writing for free. While it’s wonderful to get a poem or essay occasionally published in a literary journal, the majority of journals don’t pay. Now, on the one hand, I don’t mind that because I don’t JUST write to get paid, I write because I love to …
I mailed our Christmas cards yesterday. With each card was a newsy letter that will make you think the transition to our new home has been seamless and happy. While there have been many good things about this move, the truth is that moving is hard. So here is my honest Christmas letter. * * …
I’ve been thinking a lot about how much Madeleine L”Engle has influenced me, both as a person/reader, and as a writer. I read the Time Quartet as a kid, or maybe as a teen, and I LOVED those books! I saw myself in Meg Murry: I was smart but awkward, I felt ugly, and I …
I am pleased to announced that I have signed with literary agent Nicole Payne of Golden Wheat Literary! She will be representing my YA contemporary novel, currently titled ASHES. This novel has been a long labor of love. The first scene was written in 2010, but I didn’t start seriously working on it until Fall …
We are coming to the end of a long, long year. At the beginning of 2017, I declared this my year of “Delight.” I chuckle at that now. It was not the year of delight, although there were some really good moments. It was more like the year of Frustration, or the year of Resisting. …
