Words are magic.
“My imagination isn’t what it used to be.” Amanda and I are standing around a kitchen island, catching up at a friend’s winter party. Most of the guests know each other through a local writing group, so talk often turns […]
Below me, a sea of humans jostle for space, chat, sip on amber-tinted beverages. They spread across a trough-like expanse, facing an enormous stage with several thirty-foot high screens stretching across it. There are 8,000 of us. I’m standing against […]
July passed by in a blur of plot-building and scene-setting. For the third time in two and a half years, I cranked out 50,000 words of a single novel in a single month (actually 55,000, but who’s counting? …Me. I’m […]
National Novel-Writing Month (affectionately called NaNoWriMo) is every November. The goal is to write 50,000 words of a novel in just thirty days, which breaks down to 1,667 words per day. Sound tough? It is. But it’s not impossible. I’ve […]
You wouldn’t know it by paying attention to this particular blog (sorry–resolving to be more consistent!), but I actually write well over a hundred blog posts each year. As a ghost writer, I am the voice of several different small […]
A few seconds of silences stretched between us as we stepped out the door and began walking down the long, white hallway. Past a few doors decorated with Easter wreaths. Past the dining hall which informed me that large print […]
Reading is an essential part of my work. As a writer, I’m constantly learning—expanding my vocab, picking up new techniques, studying clever ways to develop characters and plot lines. Reading helps me stay sharp, discover writing methods I like (and […]
When I finished reading Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, I felt the air leave my lungs and I wondered if I’d been holding my breath the whole time. That’s the effect of this book. It’s pure magic—winding its way […]
This past Sunday, I launched a book about my dog. The book (entitled He Found Me) tells the story of the special little pup I rescued while living in Panama. Unlike other book launches I’ve done, I didn’t take […]
Today, I left my house to go for a very ordinary midday run. Out the door, to the right, down the street. Perfect weather to be outside. It lasted .38 miles. That’s when my foot hit the edge of the […]