I am grateful to be alive. Are you? Here's a quick snapshot of my life, this week. 1. I am two weeks away from my writer's conferenc...

welcome to my author office. i am taking a break from the throes of revising DYING LIGHT* to let you in on 8 of my favorite writerly tools f...

{photo of and by my lovely sister } last night i saw my mother-in-law riding down the street on her new purple birthday bike. we honked and ...

"It is interesting that today, decades later, when life seems particularly overwhelming or frightening or just downright scary, I call ...

in light of the 6 inches of snow we received last night, here are the top ten most awesome things about living in a place that is nose-hair-...

dear ben howard : this may seem awkward, as we've never met, but where have you been all my life? i want to marry this song; it's fo...

welcome back, self! hello friends! it's wonderful to be blogging again. so many things on my mind, but first things first. i must whip t...