The second book in the Boston Blight universe is launching this coming Friday, February 13th, 2023. I am so excited to share this book with you. So far, my ARC readers have really enjoyed it. My cover designer, Angel Leya, knocked it out of the park with this one. Of course, she does that with...Read More

This year has been a nail-biter from the start to the finish. Lots of ups and downs and life changes and figuring things out. To bullet point it rather than write out everything long form (because you’d be here for hours): Released Fallen in January Had my shoulder surgery in March and was able to...Read More

Hey, friends! I’m sorry this blog has been quiet the last few weeks. The holidays have been catching up to me, and I’ve been really busy planning the writing conference I’m putting on with some friends of mine. More on that at the end, though. Let’s get into the reason you clicked the header, shall...Read More

As we hit the middle of NaNoWriMo, many of you are shooting for your 1,667 – 2,000 words per day and trying to meet your deadlines. Fear of falling behind and the constant, looming sense that you aren’t writing fast enough dogs many writers at this point in the process, and I want to step...Read More

One of the things that I realized was never taught in any of my creative writing courses in college or even discussed a lot in most of the writing groups I’ve been in is exactly what it’s like to work with a professional editor. So, since I have been on both sides of that experience,...Read More

This post is going to be a little different than my usual posts because it’s not advice for writers. It’s actually more of a self-examination of an aspect of writing and how it affects me, personally. I’m going to be trying to add a little diversity to this blog and discuss this kind of thing...Read More

This has been coming up more and more lately in my life and in the circles of authors I frequent. People think their first draft has to be perfect, and when it isn’t, they stress out and either rewrite the first chapter about a million times or never get beyond the idea stage. That pain...Read More

You may have noticed I’ve been gone for a hot minute. Part of that was some work-life balance issues I was having, but a lot of it came from the wellspring of psych meds gone awry. Which isn’t to say I won’t continue taking mine, but it is one of those things that you don’t...Read More

One of the things I have noticed most keenly as someone who works from home without keeping formal hours is that things often don’t go as planned. What feels like nothing — say, skipping a planned break because you’re in the groove — adds up swiftly to an avalanche of things and turns into all...Read More

Writers are typically categorized into two camps: plotting and pantsing. And never the twain shall meet. These two categories have been around as long as I’ve been in the industry (over fifteen years now), and they’re talked about in countless books about writing and publishing as the two primary methods used to craft a book....Read More