My Blog

The Joy of Publication

I love getting mail, especially book mail—books I ordered from Amazon, literary mags I’m subscribed to, the occasional signed copy from one of my writer friends. Book mail is the best mail, because when you pull that magazine out of the mailbox or slide that book out...

5 Things Stranger Things Taught Me About Writing

This fall, I discovered the miracle of modern storytelling that is Stranger Things. (If you haven’t watched it, give it a try. Seriously.) I don’t know why, but I immediately became deeply invested in the show, attached to the characters, and immersed in the world. I...

Welcome to my blog!

Now that November (and the craziness of NaNoWriMo) is over, I’ve finally had time to finish setting up this website. I’m so excited to start blogging here! I spent November writing the first draft of my next middle grade book, Daphne and the Whale, a sort of magic...