Sitemap - 2019 - Woman of Letters

My decade in love, friendship, and publishing

Most genre novels require external conflict

Where do new projects come from?

Feeling that totally normal blah feeling that one feels when between projects

Am in the final stages of editing my novel for adults

Life is pretty good, but also sometimes it’s not so good

I am still a writer of short stories

The bad-lyrical style is a fungus that lies mouldering at the back of literature's refrigerator

As far as I can tell, there's not a lot of interesting book discussion online

The evolution of my writing style over time

Is there a middle ground between the average person and the heroes of literature?

Elizabeth Hardwick writes about fiction that treats with the problems of being a woman

San Francisco sux

Writing and releasing a book that actually has a market feels very different

A peek at the cover of my next book WE ARE TOTALLY NORMAL

Nobody has more fun reading than a writer does

Casting about for a new project

Game of Thrones finale was alright

Monday April 29, 2019

When to stop writing for the day

Very close to the end of this draft

I still read quite a bit, but I almost never post about it

Had that feeling last night that I’m probably going to finish this book

Finding intimate, life-long friends

Writing a novel these days feels like a relentless and slow grinding of gears

I've "read" an absurd number of "books" in the last ten weeks

Letting go of your work

Going to more fully embrace audio for my popular fiction reading

Turned in my book!

It's been a minute since I've written about the books I've read, so let me tell you about David Graeber's BULLSHIT JOBS

Reflections on how the MFA program ushered me into class-consciousness

About to finish my revisions on this book!

Start now. Your future self will thank you.