The Benefits of Being A Beginner
I am not, and have never been, an artist. I was still in braces when I took my last art class, and I’m pretty sure my mother quietly tossed the results as soon as I moved out of the house. Still,…
Sounds Like a Story: Music as a Writing Tool
Recently, I fell hard for a new song, “No Rest” by Dry the River. The song was released in 2011, but I just now discovered it, which is how a lot of things work and why it’s disappointing that some people…
Friday Feast: Mad Men, Barbed Pens, AWP Wrap-up, and The Push/Pull of Social Media Marketing and Promotion
Critiques are an emotional thing for writers. We’re told they toughen us up, and maybe they do. Really, it depends on the person giving the critique and the person receiving it. Some people are fantastic for these jobs, others not…
What Keeps My Writing Alive: The Long-Distance Free Write
Belle Brett has just written a great blog post on what keeps her writing alive, and I wanted to add onto that idea. For me, it’s exchanging free writes with a friend in Virginia. Like the long-distance romance or long-distance…
Kickstart My Fluttering Heart
For several months, Jeff McComsey, my Flutter partner, has urged me to do a Kickstarter, not only as a way to promote the upcoming release of Flutter, Volume Two, but to relaunch the graphic novel series on the popular crowdfunding…
Back With a Brand-New Edition
Thank you for bearing with us as we pulled together a fancier, funkier website. Our hope is that the content will be easier to find, easier to read, and quicker to load. We also implemented some things on the back-end…