Ernest Hemingway famously said all first drafts are garbage, except he used a way more *effluent* term instead of garbage.…
Category: Firsts
I’m so pleased to present Alia Volz, our guest blogger this week! She is the author of Home Baked, a…
I had two launch parties for Girlish—one in my hometown of Rochester, NY, and one in my current town, Cleveland.…
I love that my normal posting day is Tuesday, which is the day new books come into the world.…
I was sitting on the cabin porch when I got The Call, which in my case, was not actually a…
I met my agent during a live tweet of 50 Shades of Grey. It was a different time back then.…
When my first book is published, I will be forty-seven years old. This dream has been cyclical—one I’ve embraced and…
Our theme this week is what we loved about our debut year. There are so many wonderful moments in a…
After I handed in my acknowledgements to my editor, a funny thing happened. I kept receiving all of the help…
It is the 2nd Monday in a row that I have the great honor of kicking off The Debutante Ball…