Here it is, the audience participation portion of my debut publishing journey.
Read moreBooks and Beyond 2022 (or How to Read When You Just Can’t Choose a Book)
I spent a lot of time not reading this year. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to, or that the books that crossed my path this year were unreadable. If anything, it was the opposite. This year was filled to the brim with absolutely marvelous books, so much so that I became unable to read a book because to choose one meant that I wasn’t choosing another.
So as I sit here trying to organize my thoughts (and failing, see paragraphs 1&2) about my favorite reads of 2022, my focus keeps shifting to all the ways I consumed books this year beyond reading them.
And thus, I give you, my favorite book-ish experiences of 2022
Read moreThank You
I want to take a moment to say thank YOU. Yes, you. Please know you had an impact on my life, and I am forever grateful. In this season of thanks, I give thanks for you.
Read moreProgress Report #16: The Next Chapter Starts
As Fall begins, I want to take a moment to breathe in the gratitude and excitement of being here, in this moment, and thank you all for coming along with me. Over the next few months, I’ll start to have ways you can support me, support my book, and you know, basically help me hold it altogether. In case I don’t say it enough: Thank you. I love you all. Xx
Read moreProgress Report #15: Is This Thing On? Some Thoughts About Feedback
Testing, testing…
Wouldn’t it be nice to surround yourself with only people who think you’re a literary genius? Yes, lovely. But, not so realistic. Requesting feedback is tricky. How do you find the people who ‘get’ you? You want a variety of eyes on your work -everyone brings new perspective- but what happens when you receive bad feedback? Not “bad” as in “negative,” but “bad” as in “wrong for your work?”
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