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  • Update on the Creative Passion Profiles!

    Update on the Creative Passion Profiles!

    Kristen Kieffer’s Creative Passion Profiles blew my mind in December (I found out I was an Expressionist), but now she’s developed a quiz to make it easier to find out your Creator Identity! I’m…

  • Proust Your Protagonist: Calderis from THE WELL-LAID TRAP

    Proust Your Protagonist: Calderis from THE WELL-LAID TRAP

    Kari Lee Townsend’s second book in the cozy fantasy series THE WISHVILLE MYSTERIES releases tomorrow, and to celebrate, we’ve got another Proust Interview!

  • “Rejection is redirection”

    “Rejection is redirection”

    EJAE’s Golden Globe speech for Best Song (GOLDEN) really spoke to me. Here are some meditations on it as a writer.

  • Comics (p)review: THE PASS

    Comics (p)review: THE PASS

    A look into the whirlwind life of an up-and-coming chef who has her own London restaurant, and how her life and employees’ lives endure the stress of ambition and dreams.

  • Getting in the “back to school” mindset

    Getting in the “back to school” mindset

    College starts in three days. Do I feel ready to teach? More than last term, but I can’t seem to wrap my brain around all that I need to prepare.

  • So, I was way off about 2026 so far

    So, I was way off about 2026 so far

    I was ridiculously excited for 2026 to come, and have been filled with optimism and genuine creative things to look forward to. And then…the world happened. Why do I feel so guilty for being…

  • SON OF THE SIREN is now wide

    SON OF THE SIREN is now wide

    SON OF THE SIREN has officially been released wide, which means you can now read digital copies through Nook, Kobo, Google Play, and more!

  • Having a blast reviewing with NetGalley

    Having a blast reviewing with NetGalley

    What it’s been like reviewing ARCs on NetGalley so far…I’m loving it and possibly overdosing. See what I’ve written so far, and what is coming down the road!

  • Yesterday was National Sticker Day and I missed it!

    Yesterday was National Sticker Day and I missed it!

    Yesterday was National Sticker Day and I missed it! D’oh! So I’m writing about it today. Collecting stickers is another one of my fun little hobbies that started in Japan.