Struggling with identity tends to be a matter of active mindfulness. I wrote my first 50-page, hand-illustrated sci-fi novel when I was 9. The next
Are You Ready for November and The Start of Another NaNoWriMo? NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writer’s Month – has begun again. In 2004 or 2005,
You won’t fail if you don’t share what you create – but you won’t succeed, either. Sharing your work can be terrifying. It can feel
Since this comes up from time to time, I’m sharing advice I offer other writers. On Facebook, I’m in multiple writing groups. No matter what
As a writer, writing more books is what I do. With more books comes more exposure. As part of my newfound self-advocacy, I’m going to
It’ll be an interesting challenge for me to pick up where I left off. I began writing my Source Chronicles fantasy series in 1998. It
Banning books and other arts does harm to us all. Why did I only just learn about Banned Books Week? That doesn’t matter. What does
The arts bring out the best of what our world can be. The last few years have been extra crazy. Between the pandemic, increasing political
After I reach “the end” of a project, it’s time to work on the next. I just finished writing the first novel in my new