When I was younger, we used to celebrate the day after Thanksgiving as “Buy Nothing Day”–a protest against the mindless consumerism of the Christmas season. These days, I do my best to practice conscious consumerism, purchasing secondhand whenever possible, and from ethical companies when it’s not–and though I don’t believe conscious consumerism will save the world (if only it were … Read More
Don’t Hold Out for Publishing to Make You Feel Seen. Here’s Another Goal Instead.
Publication may feel like the thing you’re yearning for, but in reality, it’s something deeper.
Breaking Through with Your Final Draft
There are a lot of online classes for writing fiction. Many of the best–or most popular, at least–are aimed at new writers. Final Draft, my online writing class for LitReactor, starting May 22, has a different target audience: writers who’ve honed their craft, worked hard, and perhaps even put in their ten thousand hours, but have yet to break through … Read More
The Road Ahead + Upcoming Pubs + Submissions Opportunities
It’s been a busy spring/summer, and now, jeez oh whiz, the one-year anniversary of my first book’s pub date is just two months away. I’ve hit a period no doubt familiar to every debut author who’s no longer so debut-ish, a period I think of as “Well, What Now?” Well, here’s what’s now for me: I’m a writer currently unmoored … Read More
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