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I write.
Sometimes I even like how it turns out.
GUEST POST: Lara Lillibridge on Writing and Family
Fri Feb 09 2018
They say you never know someone until you divorce them, and it seems you never really know your family until you write about them. View at heartwoodlitmag »
6 Ideas for Self Care with GIFs and a Pony
Tue Feb 06 2018
Life is stressful. Here's how I'm surviving. View at thedebutanteball »
Chocolate Confessions
Fri Feb 02 2018
I suspected that Brenda didn’t like Brach’s chocolate as much as she liked the good stuff, but she’d been backed into a corner by an excuse she’d mumbled a few years back and couldn’t undo. Read more »
Querying and Authors.Me
Tue Jan 30 2018
A lot of people ask me how to query. Here are some tips. View at thedebutanteball »
Born and Bred
Mon Jan 22 2018
In which I overthink a common expression and a patriotic song. Read more »
Critique Partners and Beta Readers—Some Stranger Than Others
Wed Jan 17 2018
I have had several kinds of critique partners on Girlish. I didn’t have a writing group that met once a week and read each other’s works in progress, but I did have several key people, all located in different parts of the country, who read my work and helped me whip it into shape. View at thedebutanteball »
The Art of Deception
Tue Jan 16 2018
There is an art to deception. The way my mouth moves when I mislead someone feels like acting, not lying. I hear my voice as if it is someone else’s—aware of my cadence, my inflection, the way my listeners willingly follow. View at thesunlightpress »
Writing Through Distractions of the Small Child Variety
Tue Jan 09 2018
Writing for me has always involved coping with distractions of the small child variety. Yet, I earned two college degrees and wrote over one thousand pages while mothering two small creatures over nearly a decade, and I like to think I didn’t do a half-bad job at either endeavor—at least so far. View at thedebutanteball »
Helping Kids Resist Peer Pressure
Thu Jan 04 2018
f I want to trust him to navigate this world which is filled with both good and sinister people, I better reinforce his standing up for himself on the little things. View at huffingtonpost »
5 Resolutions for my Debut Year
Tue Jan 02 2018
Exactly what you'd expect from that catchy and suspenseful title. Maybe next week I'll be a little more surprising. View at thedebutanteball »
My 8 Favorite Books of 2017
Tue Dec 26 2017
I decided to limit myself to eight books, because eight is my lucky number. Besides, many of us have a short attention span and ten books seems to be too many. View at thedebutanteball »
Two-House Christmas
Mon Dec 25 2017
Sometimes people tell our kids, “I’m sorry your parents are divorced,” or other such sympathetic comments. But not today. View at huffingtonpost »