Category: Writing Desk
What I’m writing! Here I share snippets, behind-the-scenes info, and freebies from my current novels, as well as short stories and essays.
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Project Crow Takes Flight: Animating a Book Trailer
Sometimes I hear a song and I mentally catalogue it as “perfect for a TV show opener.” I have a… Read more.
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What I Learned from Illustrating a Children’s Book
I have often ended up somewhere I had no business being due to creative audacity. Whether it’s running a magazine/newsletter… Read more.
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Stories Taught Me to Ignore Red Flags. Here’s What I’m Doing About It.
The year is 2015. I’m watching Twilight for the first time. And my life is changed forever. Maybe it was… Read more.
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How My Own Struggles with Disordered Eating Shaped My Next Book
It’s some colorless day in the year 2019. You don’t know what season it is, because everything is gray now.… Read more.
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My Obsession with Gothic Horror
Just as “some houses are born bad,” some books are born captivating, relatable, and strikingly spooky. “…Whatever walked there, walked… Read more.
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How I’m Building a Fictional Town to Market My Novel
I. Love. Worldbuilding. And creating the fictional town of Grace Hollow, Georgia, has been my favorite worldbuilding activity as of… Read more.
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7 Life Lessons from the Swamp
I’m writing a book set in a small town in Georgia with a swamp. The swamp is the heartbeat of… Read more.
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I Write Books About Liars. Here’s Why.
The Bubble I grew up in the prettiest bubble of a city you could ever grow up in. I was… Read more.
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How to Remain Human in an AI Era
They don’t want you to feel. Don’t you see it everywhere? That nagging little icon with two letters—AI—insisting it can… Read more.
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26 Things I Love about Life – A Birthday Post
Year 26 is a way bigger deal than I anticipated. After all, I’ve always loved the all-powerful quarter, which I… Read more.