Before I saw the Barbie movie, I’d intended on writing about how playing Barbies shaped me into a storyteller–a story I could still tell. Bu

My writing space is largely decorated in black and white with pops of color...This space inspires me because it's mine.

When my close friends read an early copy of my debut novel, All That is Sacred, which was released earlier this month, they asked, “Which...

Only through the lens of reflection can I see the steps that led me to this moment: on the cusp of releasing my first novel.

I don’t believe in accidents. I don’t believe in coincidences. I believe everything happens precisely the way it’s meant to. My sister...

For any given writing project, I start with the bones of the story. For me that means a rough outline of the major events and a few very...

Have you ever read a book and, although it doesn’t have a sad ending, you were sad that it ended? That’s how I measure a good story, one...

To say this has been a year, well… this has been a year. I’ve done a lot of reinventing in 2022, and it has felt amazing. The week...

This is my 10th anniversary participating in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). It’s an organization that promotes writing an...

At the beginning of a life or at the beginning of a process, we never know the outcome. We sometimes imagine the possibilities. We take...

I read voraciously for several reasons across many genres. I’m a lover of the classics and literary fiction. As an English teacher, I...

Book or movie? It’s an age-old question. I teach a Reading Literature/Reading Film class where we examine this very question. I am an...

Growing up, I had a short bucket list. There were two certainties on it. One, I wanted to be a mom. Two, I needed to write. Little did I...

I’m not sure whether my curiosity for nostalgia originated from my mother’s side or my father’s. I listened to the tales of lives of...

The perfect CP Match is a relationship between two writers with the intent of making each other’s work stronger. It’s important to...

While I am not an editor by trade, I have been editing my students’ creative and expository writing for 20+ years in addition to working...

There are many misconceptions about writing life. My experience hasn’t been any of those things. Do I love writing? Yes. Am I glad I’ve...

I always have the most fun building the bones of the story before I even begin writing. At that stage, the possibilities are endless....

Finding the right voice was one of the most difficult challenges I faced while writing ALL THAT IS SACRED. The novel involves five...

People always ask why I wrote ALL THAT IS SACRED. They want the behind-the-scenes story. I get it. That’s why I teach a film class...