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Doubt
Doubt is a thing every writer struggles with -- no matter how famous, no matter how many book awards, nominations, praise, cakes, etc. Your favorite writer has doubted themselves and their work. And probably quite a lot. My friend Aidan Doyle has assembled a collection of essays about doubt, and he solicited content from other […]
Do Not Go Quietly
Today is release day for Do Not Go Quietly: An Anthology of Victory in Defiance from Apex Book Company! Go grab your copy, right after you read this interview with E. Catherine Tobler, who is responsible for one of the stories in the anthology. Elise, thanks for joining us! Thank you for having me! This […]
Riverland
I didn't have a sister to share the horror with, but I did have a Riverland, made of books, and dolls, and music, where nothing could hurt me, because even in stories, when something went wrong, there was the hope and opportunity of fixing the thing. (That may explain why I became a writer.) Fran […]
Ravens & Writing Desks
Five years ago (!) Rings of Anubis was published by Masque Books. When Masque passed on the sequels, Apokrupha picked the books up, which meant we needed covers and a new design aesthetic, which was terrifying and exciting. When I sent editor Jacob a link to my dream cover artist, I never imagined it would […]
A Horse of a Different Color
This weekend at the grocery store, there was great excitement concerning the penny horse. This is, of course, the mechanical horse at the front of the store that kids can ride for a penny. Lately, the penny horse hadn't been looking or running so great. The penny horse had surely lost the use of one […]
2018 In Review
The year that was at least three years long. Apparently it's the season when we recount all we've done in a year, and 2018 was a strange one for me. I don't feel accomplished at all. I don't do the work that garners awards, but nevertheless, here is the work I did. This spring, Black […]
Cobwebbed
"Write your story," the WordPress prompt says. Okay, here's my story. This year, my writing pals and I started a group, at the behest of one person who'd been saying since last year that we were all writers and needed a group, by gum. We've met four times now, and I think it's keeping most […]
Dear Anne Lamott
Dear Anne Lamott, When I first started getting serious about writing, my mom went in search of a book. She would not tell me the name of the book, because she wanted it to be a surprise, but eventually she spilled and told me because she was having trouble finding it and needed to enlist […]
The State of the Garden
Gardening. I lovehate it so much. A few years ago, the HOA here took an empty plot of land and divided it into twelve garden plots. Those who were interested could buy a plot and plant it up. Given that the flowerbed inside my fence is tiny and shady and no place to grow vegetables, […]