I have this deep sense of living the dream. I am a writer in New York, meeting with people who care about my work. I mean, how fabulous is that?
Writing
Celebrate Milestones
A few years ago I quit drinking. It’s changed my life, honestly. I sleep better, I’m more patient with my kids, and my writing improved on two fronts. The first […]
Final Edits (Round Two)
This morning I submitted the final edits of my manuscript to my editor. I’ve been working on it since November first (with a few weeks off there in December while […]
Waves of Self Doubt (and a knock knock joke)
I have three weeks until the latest draft of novel is due to my editor and I’m surfing some serious waves of self doubt.
My In-Person Creative Writing Class
Over the past nine years I have used this platform to share what I’ve learned about the craft of writing as I worked toward finishing my manuscript, finding an agent […]
Rules of the World
I went to a reading in November at Skylight Books to hear Wayétu Moore discuss her recent debut novel She Would Be King. Without giving too much away, it’s a […]
The Best Books I Read In 2018
I read about 65 books this year. Of those, nine works of fiction stand out in my mind as being particularly great reads. These are the books that stayed with […]