Pre-Order Now On November 1st, The She Bear will release in eBook and paperback at all major retailers. The pre-order for the eBook is already up most places and the paperback will slowly populate to retailers on it's own unknowable schedule. This will be the fifth...
FREE Non-Fiction Writing Workshop at the Linden Library on Nov 8th @ 2 PM
Registration opens today for my in-person writing workshop at the Linden Library on Creative Non-Fiction. While this event is free, you do need to register ahead of time to attend so please make sure to do that on the events page here. Register Now
Why are we whispering? Introducing new subscriber only posts
*looks both ways* Were you followed? No? Okay, good. Because I wanted to have a private word, just you and I. With all due respect to the Pumpkin Spice Latte, my autumn drink is this coffee smoothie I invented with pureed pumpkin, banana, yogurt and peanut butter with...
Coming soon: Writing Productivity Workshop at CWR
Heads up that I have an online writing workshop coming up. This class will be entirely online so you can work through it at your own pace from the comfort of anywhere! Get Stuff Done: Productivity and Goal Tracking for Writers November 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025 You...
Coming October 1st: Arm Candy, a funny feminist fairy tale play with a steampunk twist!
Friends, I come bearing exciting news! Arm Candy, one of the most popular scrips from my Tale of Tales project, is finally coming to paperback and eBook wherever books are sold on October 1st. Previously this play was only released in an abridged format as part of The...
Coming soon: Author Marketing and Branding Workshop at RWO
Heads up that I have an online writing workshop coming up. This class will be entirely online so you can work through it at your own pace from the comfort of anywhere! Marketing Philosophy: Branding and building your author platform August 4, 2025 - August 29, 2025...
Starting July 7th: Revitalize Your Author Platform at SavvyAuthors
Heads up that I have an online writing workshop coming up. This class will be entirely online so you can work through it at your own pace from the comfort of anywhere! Revitalize Your Author Platform: Making the most out of your author website, blog, mailing list,...
New Release: The Virtual Years
Popping in with a quick bit of news about a brand new release! Just released from YouthPLAYS, an anthology of plays originally written for streaming which includes one of my favorite plays I've ever written, Nana's Happy Happy Good News Only Birthday Video Chat. The...
Working with your weirdness
One of the reasons I'm such a big fan of keeping records and analyzing how you work is you realize two things. The first is that we've all got our little quirks and you'll almost immediately start to recognize patterns that amount to Your Individual Weirdness. Stuff...
In which I’m on Bluesky now!
So, um, yeah. Crazy times we're having, no? Social media as we know it is imploding. There's a boycott and mass exodus going on with all the biggies (Facebook, X/Twitter, TikTok and Instagram) hemorrhaging users as people delete their accounts. I've never seen...
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