Blog
A collection of midnight monologues and coffee-fueled ramblings.
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Last night, I saw Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald with friends. I want to share my thoughts on this movie. I don’t usually review
When I Grow Up
When I was a little girl, I used to fill notebooks with the stories whispered to me in my dreams. Crafting their covers out of
A Writer’s Defense of J.K. Rowling
Rowling has stumbled for sure, but I think there are a few literary areas where the criticism surrounding her is inappropriate. Here is my writer’s defense of four of them.
Tips for Bad Writers Like Me
A bad writer is not the same thing as an untalented writer. Below are five tips for bad writers – like me.
Don’t Shut the Wardrobe Door
I love to revisit the childhood classics that have shaped my writing and my life. Over the years, I have returned to C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia many times, enjoying the familiar, fantastical world of magic and adventure. But I wasn’t prepared for how different Narnia felt when I wandered through the wardrobe holding my daughter’s hand.
9 Reasons I Don’t Care If My Book Sells
The other day, one of my clients emailed me worried about his most recent manuscript. We’ve been working together for over 6 months, but the
Thirty
My twenties were as tumultuous as they were transformative. I’ve decided to explore them through ten, short reflections: one for each year in my twenties. These are personal, snapshot entries of a moment in time, but I want to share them with you. Life is messy and weird, but often unexpectedly beautiful.
