Why Writers Should Be Like Squirrels: A Lesson on Being CarefreeI am obsessed with squirrels. Those little tree rats are my number one favorite animals (second = sharks; third = goats). Ever since I…Jul 14, 2022Jul 14, 2022
Whisper Your Words: A Challenge to Find Your CourageSometimes, our words are but a whisper.Jul 13, 2022Jul 13, 2022
9 Book Marketing Musts I Learned from Scrub Daddy on TikTok“Are you seriously about to somehow teach book marketing via . . . a sponge?”Jul 11, 2022Jul 11, 2022
Negative Book Reviews: An Author’s Badge of HonorYou have to stop boo-hooing over bad reviews and find creative ways to use them in your author career.Feb 7, 20211Feb 7, 20211
Writing & Blackheads: Zeroing in on Every FlawI told my dermatologist I had blackheads. I didn’t know what the deal was. Was it my medicine? My moisturizer? Where were these disgusting…Jan 27, 2021Jan 27, 2021
People I love keep dying. But there is joy.I tell myself it started with Lauren on December 11, 2018, but the reality is: it started sooner than that. I suppose it was just her…Jan 22, 20212Jan 22, 20212
Finding the Good in 2020/Satan-y Things: An Exercise in PositivityMatch.com, the online dating site, recently featured the funniest commercial I’ve seen in a really long time. Satan gets a “match” with a…Dec 23, 2020Dec 23, 2020
Why Does It Matter if Someone Doesn’t Like What You Wrote?How do you know if your writing is good?Nov 30, 2020Nov 30, 2020
The Perfect Writing Environment Is a Figment of Your ImaginationI sit on the balcony of the twelfth story, where I can hear the waves crash onto the shore. The sun is in a good mood, shining brightly…Nov 8, 2020Nov 8, 2020
If you want to see me soar, tell me I can’t do something.I was told I couldn’t write my research paper on my grandpa because I didn’t have enough sources to cite. In other words, he wasn’t a…Nov 2, 2020Nov 2, 2020