Being a writer, or Finding Identity in the Middle of ChaosThe COVID-19 pandemic is the plot twist of our time. The global crisis that changed the trajectory of all of our stories. And one thing c...
My Book Baby Is One!It’s hard to believe it’s been one full year since EVERY LITTLE BAD IDEA came into the world. I remember that shaky feeling of excitement...
A Love Letter to the Elephant in the RoomThere are very few things I won’t write about. I consider myself an open book. But, today I’m going to finally face the elephant in the r...
When You Fail at NaNoWriMo on the First DaySo, I’m working on a project I’m excited about. But…working is a very loose term right now. As in, I get a few pages done each week in be...
Life After LaunchLife before the launch of a book is many things: nerve-wracking, exciting, frenzied, paranoid, fun. You wait for your book to fall into t...
My Book Birthday!!!Books. Oh, how fast they grow up. From the tiny germ of an idea, to a plot, to words on a page, to that frustrating will-it-won’t-it-work...
My Cross-Country AdventureSometimes you need to do something in life that completely shakes you up. Like Claudia from The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweil...
My first book signing!If you had told me last year that I would be signing my book for a line of readers, I would have thought you were crazy. But that’s exact...
A Writer By Any Other NameFrom the time I was five years old, all I wanted was to see my name on a book. I wanted to be a real author. My name in lights. The works...
For the Love of Verse NovelsWhen I first started telling people that I was writing a verse novel, I was surprised to learn that most people don’t know what a verse n...
Jason Reynolds: Defeater of Boring BooksEveryone once in a while, a writer comes along who shakes things up. They do things a new way, or with a new attitude, or with a new goal...
An Ode To Self-CareI’m a type-A personality. I’m wildly impatient, admittedly competitive, pretty organized, and I like to get stuff done. I think creative ...