In the current issue of Quill & Quire, I was pleased to see a lengthy and glowing article about middle-grade/young adult author Susin Nielsen. I have a particular affinity for Susin, not because I know her personally or because I’ve read her books—although, thanks to… Read More
If I were to pick a word to sum up my writing life in 2014, the word would be “progress.” (Inspired by Carrie Snyder’s word “success.”) In the short space of one year, I: finished a solid draft of my young adult novel Beneath the… Read More
NOW. In my anxiety-driven inner world, that’s when I want everything to happen. I want a publisher now. I want to be accepted to do my master’s now. I want my next novel finished (or at least first-drafted) now. Yet I’m learning—the slow way—that’s definitely… Read More
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