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Why I wrote a novel about pearl farming
How my first career seeded the story I would write decades later
Jun 304 min read
How do you know when you're done?
What's the surefire signal to knowing when it's time to stop revising?
Jun 223 min read
The red writing room
A tribute to a writer and teacher who inspired me to pursue the creative life
Jun 164 min read
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[Flash fiction] As soon as the timer goes off
Story #3 for Flash Fiction June 2026
Jun 142 min read
The secrets we inherit
Why family secrets are such a compelling plot device in fiction
Jun 85 min read
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[Flash fiction] If you won’t fix it, I will
My second short piece for Flash June 2026
Jun 62 min read
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[Flash fiction] The receipts
My first Flash June 2026 story, based on a writing prompt
Jun 52 min read
Be your own champion
Why you have to stand up for your own work without waiting for other people's permission
Jun 13 min read
Productivity guilt and the lazy label
How my inner drive to please and produce get all knotted up
May 255 min read
A day in the life of my neurospicy brain
Riding the roller-coaster of a hopeful and overwrought mind
May 184 min read
Falling in and out of love with your story
What does a writer do when the spark just isn't there anymore?
May 114 min read
The walking is the writing
How long walks have always bestowed me with my best ideas
May 44 min read
My reading reset
Finding my way back to reading for pleasure and deep fulfillment—even when my brain's under siege
Apr 135 min read
Staying human
There's never been a more important time to embrace what makes us innately human, especially in our art
Apr 65 min read
The inside story
Building narrative intimacy that transports readers into your world
Mar 304 min read
The machine
A flash fiction piece for a writing exercise, using phrases from literary novels as prompts.
Mar 294 min read
Indie by nature
In which I get sucked into a desert vortex and vow I'm done playing by the rules
Mar 235 min read
Dream the impossible daydream
I'm still holding out for my childhood fantasy about The Writing Life
Mar 164 min read
Daily victories
The quiet, everyday ups and downs of a purposefully long journey
Mar 93 min read
Feel all the feels
Why emotion on the page has to live in the body, not the brain
Mar 35 min read
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