So somehow I ended up with 20 college credits, 2 part-time jobs, and a novel releasing in November. Whoops. In an effort to stay on top of my typical over-achiever-ness, I’ve started tackling some of my college textbooks over the summer. (Given that the books in...
No, you don’t need to go to college to be a writer. But I am anyway. In the last four years of my life, I have attended two colleges (three come August) in two states with three different majors and over a dozen professors, studying almost every topic imaginable...
Innovative Places to Write Right now I’m in the midst of a lot of travel (first to Minnesota and then to Phoenix, so it’s all over the place!). Anyway, I thought I’d share some of the most exotic places I’ve written (and the looks I’ve gotten while doing so!). • On a...
Don’t you just love that picture above? The perfectly organized desk, the lovely mug of coffee, the writer’s stylish sweater? Well, let me tell you—that’s not what my writing looks like on most days. Maybe on a very good day, but not a typical day. Definitely not...
An immersive world is one of the most important elements of fantasy—and really, of all fiction. Would The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe be the same story without the eternal winter of Narnia? Or would the adventure of The Hobbit have the same appeal without the...
