I have a confession: I haven’t been working much on my second novel. I’m very much a mood writer, and haven’t had the time or space to dive in. I don’t push through “writer’s…

Meet Me at the Ruins is a winnder of the Regal Summit Book Award (2026) in the Literary Fiction category! How cool 🙂 If you missed it in my last post, check out How…

(And if you know me, I definitely am), the guide to self publishing I just shared is a little embarassing. But only so I can help future authors avoid the mistakes I did! I…

What would you’d like a reader to feel after finishing the book? I hope they come away feeling comforted and hopeful. Many readers have told me they felt seen and understood through the exploration of Margo’s anxiety and…

I had a wonderful conversation on a podcast recently (check out my podcast interviews here, this one will publish in a few weeks!) about neurodivergence in fiction. Some of the questions we explored were:…

Where we spend out money matters: buying books is a political act. Buying secondhand is a political act. I’m a huge advocate of buying secondhand, passing things along when you’re done with them, or…

I love the above quote used to introduce Meet Me at the Ruins over on Wrote a Book. Thank you for the feature! Click through to read a little bit about the process of…