I'm working on an essay about a small a gap I see in crime fiction settings and whether there's a classist connection at its heart but it's slowly becoming apparent that I have an entirely different problem. This is probably not as much of an issue for me as it is for many others, but … Continue reading Carry That Weight

This week the biggest kid gets to commute into the city with me for reasons I’ll leave out (all good stuff). It’s striking to watch him. This little person that used to be a little ball of a human. I watch the way his eyes light up when he sees something for the first time; … Continue reading Gift

One of the very first pieces of writerly advice I remember reading after my first publishing credit was to jump onto ALL OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. A few years later and I think it's very safe to say that advice is bullshit. I've quit Facebook. Deactivated the account since Facebook suspiciously won't allow me … Continue reading Platform

I'm querying agents again with my latest MS. It's strange to 'go back to the well' as it seems but at the same time, there's a lot that's different this time than the last. I wouldn't say there's more confidence. That would be a half-truth. I always worry about the quality of my work and … Continue reading Back at it…