Guest Post, Horror, YA, & The Mysterious Disappearance of March

  March is almost over, which is just weird. Where did it go? No, I mean, seriously, where did March go? I feel like I blinked and missed it. But then I look at my to-do lists and my all-done lists and I realize that a lot of it went where months always go—into booksContinue reading “Guest Post, Horror, YA, & The Mysterious Disappearance of March”

10 Tips For Keeping a Journal

I started my first journals when I was in junior high. I called them my “poetry journals” because they were filled with—you guessed it—poetry. Mostly really, really dramatic rhyming poetry with titles like “Flirting with Disaster” and “Dancing with Danger.” Those journals evolved to include favorite quotes, photos, birthday cards, cartoons cut out of theContinue reading “10 Tips For Keeping a Journal”

Who Wants to Illustrate My Muse? 

I’m not much of an artist (obviously), but I’d love to have an illustration of the muse I created in my “The Night Before Deadline” poem. Here are the lines that describe her: For only a moment, my vision was blurred, then on my desk perched a girl like a bird. Her fingers were pencils,Continue reading “Who Wants to Illustrate My Muse? “