For the past nine months, I’ve been slowly (painstakingly, snail-ish-ly) moving into my new house. I still have an entire storage unit’s worth of boxes to bring home and unpack, but I’m making headway. It’s starting…
Many of you have been asking about my writing progress. 1. Are you working on anything new? 2. When is the 3rd book in the Alex Wayfare series coming out? Answers: 1. Yes and no 2. I’m not…
I answered the phone and said yes, I have a home for this child. I rearranged my schedule overnight, my priorities, my needs and wants, and said yes, I have room in my life for this…
Here’s a little snippet of #writing encouragement I sent out into the Interwebs waaaaay back in 2011. Someone asked if they could read it again, so I dug it out of the archives. If you’re a…
Tonight’s office. A thousand words and an orange shandy. Late afternoon light streaming in across brewery floors. We’re on our way.…
What a perfectly curated playlist can do: almost 20k words on this current draft (and counting) after months of drought. The right music is vital to my process. It can keep me immersed in a scene…
In the middle of nowhere, my soul rising with the morning sun. I’ve lived out of state for over a decade now, but my heart always yearns for home during the holidays. Today I’m soaking up…
Adults ask me this question all the time: “Your book is for teens. Will I like it, or is it too dumbed down?” It’s true, THE 57 LIVES OF ALEX WAYFARE is classified as a young…
Whenever a winter storm hits, we take to the backroads and explore. I’m not sure how this tradition started or why we’re so obsessed with it. When most are inside snuggled on couches and sipping cocoa,…
My own personal motto. As long as my way of life allows the gentle weaving cycle of consuming and creating art, then I’m living my dream. Then I’m blessed. This is how I measure my success…
