In My Own Words
thoughts on writing, books and life
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Getting Real About Teen Pregnancy
My personal story in four parts This is going to be a long one, folks, so get comfortable. Those who know me IRL shouldn’t be too surprised by my need…
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In Russian With Love
Back in the olden days – I’m talking about the 1980’s/90’s – I bought plenty of teen magazines and on the back page you could usually find lists of people…
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Who's That Girl?
A Declaration for the Coming Year(s) I remember taking this picture, it’s one of my favorites. I wasn’t supposed to pull a face. I was supposed to be sitting down…
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I Bought Makeup for This
Figuring out my way in uncertain times There were a lot of things I did and thought I was going to do when I first announced my agent had sold…
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Getting to Know Her
One way I get to know my characters as a writer With The Myth Maker up for pre-order there’s been plenty of questions like “What’s your book about?” but today…
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Warriors
A poem by me I realized didn’t already live on these pages We Were Warriors Once… I wish I knew where in time women lost our voices. What event caused…
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"Why did you want to be a writer?"
For the next few weeks I’m going to be sharing a lot about me as a writer, my novel, my characters, my process, and my past. Today, I’m going to…
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Not What I Wanted to Write
Finding my way through Last week I intended to write my first new post about my writing journey. It was going to be good, with pictures from where I started,…
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One Step Closer to Real
My slow acknowledgement that I’m really a writer Yesterday I was able to share the link to pre-order my debut novel, The Myth Maker. I knew it was coming. I’ve…