I’m in a place in my writing career now where other people are looking to me as a mentor, and invariably they tell me, “I started writing seriously X years ago” where X < 5. And I want to die Read more
In writing workshops, sometimes you find yourself with nothing to say about a particular story. It’s either so not your thing you don’t know how to improve it, or it’s just plain good already. The dangerous temptation is to come Read more
I’ve been battling depression for the past two or three weeks. I also battled to hide it. I didn’t want people to be annoyed with me for being a downer. I probably did a bad job of that. It’s frustrating, Read more
People are always telling me I get a lot done. They see my social media posts when I sell a story or when I finish knitting a sweater and they are like, “Wow, do you even sleep, bro?” A lot Read more
There was a time in my life when exercise was called “having fun.” I remember abruptly when it ended. My twin sister and I were chasing each other, laughing, lost in some game, and then we ran to our older Read more
If you follow me, you’ve probably noticed my Rejectometer. My sister Grace proposed it as a way to get me to shut up about how awful and unpublished I was. “I’ll buy you a present if you reach 100 rejection Read more
I’m about to do something I vowed I would never do: Publish erotica under my legal name. It terrifies me. Now some background. I was pretty young, like ten, when I had this great dream about a handsome prince who Read more