You guys, I totally suck at goodbyes. I always cry. When I was little and my parents would leave us at…
Category: The Princesses of Iowa
A few years ago, the Bad Habits reunited in Barbados for Sister Nadia’s wedding. The four of us — Sister…
Every editor in the world will tell you she’s looking for a manuscript with a strong narrative voice, but creating…
Do read their chapters and say, “I can’t wait to see more! Keep writing!” Don’t ask, “You’re still working on that? STILL?”…
When I wrote the first draft of The Princesses of Iowa, I knew one other writer. We would meet at…
When I was 19 years old, I took my first fiction writing class. Each week, the fifteen or so members…
Today I was hanging out with a group of creative writers at the Northeastern Illinois University Summer Creative Writing Institute,…
Happy Fourth of July! Or, as we say here at the Debutante Ball, HAPPY DEB JOANNE’S BOOK LAUNCH WEEK! Because it’s…
I worry about us. More specifically, I worry about me, but I’m certain I’m not alone in this. I don’t…
For Mother’s Day, I posted an essay I wrote about how to raise a writer, and gave my mother most…
