Before I published Gift of the Phoenix I knew it was inevitable that I’d get bad reviews, because any book…
Continue reading →Top Three Things That Will Suck If I Ever Become Famous
This is the kind of stuff my brain will land on. I land on it long enough, and I feel…
Continue reading →SLC Comicon Photo Bomb
My last con of the season and it was a doozy! That place was so crowded the fire marshals had…
Continue reading →Guest Post: 3 Things Editors Can Do For You That You Can’t Do Yourself
Welcome fellow writer and comrade, A.B. Michaels. Her first novel, The Art of Love, released to enthusiastic reviews and her…
Continue reading →Stop Telling People to Write Strong Female Characters
Kameron Hurley wrote an enjoyable and thought-provoking blog post about challenging the false narrative of women in history and literature…
Continue reading →Robin William’s Death Took Me Back Three Years
I found out about Robin William’s passing when I saw #RIPRobinWilliams trending on Twitter. One Google search and 5 seconds…
Continue reading →The 4 People Every Writer Needs
We writers can be a solitary lot, but if you’re going to undertake something as daunting as writing a novel…
Continue reading →Heaven on Earth
This summer, before my family and I went to Hawaii for the first time, I tried to make sure I…
Continue reading →Phoenix Comicon Wrap-Up
Since I’m knee deep in revisions on the next book, all while being on a multi-week, multi-destination vaction with my…
Continue reading →5 Plotting Mistakes Aspiring Writers Make (and How to Avoid Them)
While there are plenty of ways a story can go sideways, in my work as a fiction editor I’ve noticed…
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