Post Election Thoughts

In the early morning of November 6th, like so many others I know, I woke up around 3 AM with a pit of dread in my stomach. Go back to sleep, I told myself. You’re not going to be able to sleep if it’s going the way it looked like it was going when you […]

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On NaNoWriMo, AI, and Other Writerly Things

I told myself I was going to be less on social media lately, but truth be told, I’m always telling myself that, and I always get sucked back in. Whether it’s politics or the latest writerly discourse, something will catch my attention and before you know it, I’ve spent time that I should have been […]

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GIRLS WHO BURN IS OUT TODAY

It’s Tuesday, July 16th, 2024—which means GIRLS WHO BURN is officially out in the world!

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Some Thoughts, 15 Days Out from Debut

I will be a published author in 15 days!

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24 Goals for 2024

It’s New Year’s Resolution time! Here are mine for 2024: Photo by Moritz Knöringer on Unsplash

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2023 Resolutions: A Year in Review

I’ll go ahead and say it: 2023 was a pretty good year for me.

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My Year in Reading

2023 was a GOOD reading year.

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Dear Teenage Me

I’ve gotten to the “write your acknowledgments” part of my Debut Author checklist. And …

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GIRLS WHO BURN Cover Reveal!

The COVER to my debut YA Thriller, Girls Who Burn, coming August 6, 2024 from Penguin Teen, is finally HERE! Counting down from 3… 2… 1… AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! Isn’t she BEAUTIFUL?!?!? A bit more about my book: The summer before her senior year, Addie hurled the worst words she could think of at her sister—and hours […]

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What It’s Like to Traditionally Publish a Book (Part 1)

Thoughts on the publishing process, 1 year out Last year I announced that I had finally, finally sold a book! So I thought I’d do a quick post documenting how it’s been going so far…

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