10 Writing Tips in 5 Days: Day 4 – The Reluctant Reviser

Your story, poem, novel chapter, or query letter is not good enough. You know this either because it’s been rejected three times or because a critique group gave you negative feedback, or because you just know, in your gut. Even so, you’re having trouble finding the motivation to revise. These are your words, and youContinue reading “10 Writing Tips in 5 Days: Day 4 – The Reluctant Reviser”

Confessions of a Former Teacher: I am Insidious

Seventh graders are impressionable little things. That’s why you have to be careful how you handle them. 2010 was the year I got married. It was the year of WikiLeaks and royal engagements and the Chilean miners’ miraculous survival. It was the year Lost finally ended. It was also the year the PG-13 horror movieContinue reading “Confessions of a Former Teacher: I am Insidious”

Autism Awareness And A Book Review: Anything But Typical

  I’ve been so caught up in April being National Poetry Month that I almost missed the fact that it’s also National Autism Awareness Month. Strangely enough, I actually read two books this month told from the perspective of a character with Asperger’s syndrome– The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion, which is a romantic comedy forContinue reading “Autism Awareness And A Book Review: Anything But Typical”