This week, Barrelhouse featured my short story “Urban Legend” in their seasonal issue. I’ve pasted the first paragraph below: It…
Tag: Debut Novel
I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as…
All of my writing mentors have at one point said the same thing: Don’t give up. Keep Writing. When you’re…
I’m so thrilled to welcome my friend Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar to the Debutante Ball this week! Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar is…
I’m not a person who tends to dispense a lot of advice. I can tell myself that this…
Before I decided to write my first novel, I never thought average people from average places doing average things could…
Missing my poetry-mom Lucille Clifton especially today. Here she is reading aloud a poem of hers that I love. Until I…
I remember when I went to my writing group after my agent got the offer from…
At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has…
You know how they say you should never put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear? I know…