When I was in elementary school, my family used to load up our Dodge Ram each summer and head west.…
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This week, Barrelhouse featured my short story “Urban Legend” in their seasonal issue. I’ve pasted the first paragraph below: It…
This week, we’re speaking with Stephanie Elliot, the author of young adult novel SAD PERFECT (Farrar, Straus and Giroux). SAD…
Before I decided to write my first novel, I never thought average people from average places doing average things could…
Today is November 1st, which makes it a special day for several reasons. When I was in college in California,…
This week, we’re supposed to be writing about how to survive an edit letter — which refers to the list…
For this week’s post on literary influences, I’m republishing an essay I wrote about the intersection between song lyrics and…
Please welcome Ivelisse Rodriguez to the Ball this week! Ivelisse’s debut short story collection, Love War Stories, came out this July to much…
I get easily excited about ideas. If you sit me in front of a computer long enough, I will inevitably…
The first time I ever felt crushed by rejection was in high school. I was somehow nominated for a months-long…