It’s the first day of NaNoWriMo! I’m so excited, I can hardly stand it. I hope this enthusiasm carries me… Read more Project NaNoWriMo: Getting Started

It’s the first day of NaNoWriMo! I’m so excited, I can hardly stand it. I hope this enthusiasm carries me… Read more Project NaNoWriMo: Getting Started
One more week until NaNoWriMo! I’m super pumped and I’m craving getting back into a story, but I will hold… Read more Project NaNoWriMo: Gearing Up!
Prewriting is a crucial step in the writing process, but it takes a different shape to different writers. Depending on… Read more Free Writer’s Workshop Wednesday: Prewriting
As I sit here typing this, my printer (super old, and super crappy printer) is chugging out the pages of… Read more The Second Draft
You write a piece. After pouring hours of work into drafting, revising, editing, and proofreading a story or article, you’re… Read more The Waiting is the Hardest Part
When most writers dream about writing for children (or perhaps writing in general) they picture writing fiction. Fun stories about… Read more 5 Reasons to Write Nonfiction for Children
Do you follow me on Instagram? If you don’t, please do! It’s my favorite place to connect with others and… Read more Acceptance and Writing Updates
Writers are weird. Now before you go and get offended, please understand that I think weird is perfectly acceptable. Wonderful.… Read more 7 Habits of Highly Ineffective Writers
One of the hardest roadblocks I hit as I try and put my work out there is finding places to… Read more 11 Places to Publish Your Short Fiction for Children
Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six… Read more Free Writer’s Workshop Wednesday: Brainstorming