Creative Nonfiction and Essays
- “Lose, Reject, Discard.” The Forge: online (forthcoming)
- Kim and I wrote “Thirteen Ways to Collaborate” for Necessary Fiction‘s Research Notes
- Kim and I compared our book Don’t Take This the Wrong Way to random stuff for Monkeybicycle’s If My Book series.
- I compared They Kept Running to some weird things for Monkeybicycle’s If My Book series.
- I wrote about the relationship between motherhood and writing for Past Ten.
- My playlist for Shapeshifting is at Largehearted Boy.
- I compared Shapeshifting to some weird things for Monkeybicycle’s If My Book.
- My Research Notes for Shapeshifting are on Necessary Fiction.
- I wrote this writing lesson on hoarding and the fear of scarcity for Pidgeonholes.
- “Some Things Your Third Grader Needs to Know.” JMWW: online.
- I wrote a short craft essay about my story “Key Concepts in Ecology” and about the breakdown of the binary of the strange and familiar (and the fantastic and the realistic) for CRAFT Literary.
- Kim Magowan and I wrote a collaborative piece about our collaborative writing process for the Superstition Review blog.
- I wrote a short essay for The Story Prize blog — Michelle Ross Asks: Is a Story Ever Finished?
- I wrote about my first story publication for Barrelhouse’s My Big Little Break.
- I compared my book to some strange things for Monkeybicycle — If My Book: There’s So Much They Haven’t Told You.
- Some of my thoughts on cover letters and what not to do, Atticus Review blog– Uncovering the Cover Letter
- I wrote a blog post for Bird’s Thumb — Submit Your Best Work Only.
- I wrote a little essay about Why I Write for Fiction Southeast.
The Weekly Atticus (more essays)
- “How Do You Resist Being Productive?” December 4, 2021
- “The Power of Revision,” September 18, 2021
- “Don’t Let ‘Temporary’ Ruin Your Writing,” May 15, 2021
- “Dial Your Writing Energy Up By 1,000,” March 6, 2021
- “How Do You Bring Play to Your Writing,” December 12, 2020
- “Who Gives You Inspiration?” October 24, 2020
- “Improvise with Your Writing,” July 18, 2020
- “Tend to Your Garden of Words,” May 30, 2020
- “The Work Now is to Pay Attention,” April 4, 2020
- “Your Writing Training Schedule,” October 26, 2019
- “Write Without Constraint,” July 27, 2019
- “How to Measure Your Tenacity Quotient,” May 27, 2019
- “Are You Out of Your Mind?” March 9, 2019
- “Make a Whipped Cream Smiley Face on Your Writing Pancake,” December 8, 2018
- “Check Your Writerly Vitals,” July 14, 2018
- “Find Your Forgotten Frankensteins,” May 19, 2018
- “Without Our Art, We Starve,” March 3, 2018
- “We’ve Got Your Resolutions Right Here,” December 23, 2017
- “Escape from this Beautiful Prison with Us,” October 14, 2017
- “Relax into the Vast Emptiness,” July 22, 2017
- “Is Ambition Making You Crazy?” June 3, 2017