The Writer's Workout

After having read the brilliant YA novel Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman, I was compelled to try my hand at writing a young character...

No writer is perfect. I talk to a lot of writers, especially lately, who feel like they’re “not getting it” or they’re not good enough...

A creative crisis, also known as a writer’s block, is a writer’s number one enemy. It can creep up in the worst moments...

Sometimes I forget how important it is to create distance. There, I said it. Out loud. I forget that I need time away, I need to do other...

It’s story time. Once upon a time, a little girl couldn’t sit still. She swung her legs all through class and wanted to run and play. But...

Guess. Who’s. BACK. I finally feel like myself again. I don’t know what happened to trigger the low, angry, unproductive end of my...

This week has been a wild ride. We met some wonderful people in our interviews, made tons of awesome plans (wish I could share those now...