I've been browsing through the writing questions and query critiques for a while now (first as a lurker and then as an active participant) and I've come to realize that there are a few commonalities that I experienced as a new writer myself and have taken years (4.5 years and…
I've been in the writing industry for seven years now and have spent more than half of them in the query trenches. Yes, I know, that's exactly as exhausting as it sounds. I've received more rejections than I have books on my shelf, which is saying quite a lot! But…
[Originally shared on my newsletter] As an avid reader, I am well aware of how frustrating it can be to wonder if/when an author plans to finish their story. There's nothing more infuriating than getting invested in a character or plot, only to wait years to discover what happens. It's…
A lot can happen in ten years. It's a statement so obvious that it borders on cliché, but with 2019 coming to a close I've found myself musing a lot on what the difference of a decade actually looks like. In 2010, I was a high school senior about to…
I wrote Holy in 2018 after reading an article about how hallucinogenic drugs could be used as a potential treatment for opiate addiction. The theory behind the paper was that things like LSD and psilocybin mushrooms could cause "meaningful experiences", often bordering on the religious. These experiences then inspired patients…
As an author and avid reader, I get asked for recommendations about once a day. You might think I'd get tired of it, but putting my favorite stories into the hands of new readers is one of the most satisfying things about being in the book world. There's nothing quite…
