being a writer

Last month, I spent a week at the Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow, in wonderfully weird Eureka Springs, Arkansas. I wrote about my time there last year, marveling at how the entire town seemed to be falling off multiple cliffs and no one was one bit…

Other girls spent their teen years and young twenties fantasizing about their wedding day. I fantasized about my future bookshelves, which would be floor-to-ceiling and wrap gracefully from room to room. I grew up in a house with overflowing…

I’ve never been away from this blog for so long! One week turned into two weeks, which turned into two months. And here we are. Sigh. It’s not that I feel guilty. Rather, I feel like I’m overflowing with things to say! I have a running list…

In my first blog post of 2016, I talked about how I was getting quieter, with the express intent to work more. I put an intention out there to focus on landing some big content writing gigs. In my second blog post of 2016, I talked about how I…

A few months ago, I had a semi life-changing conversation with my husband. It was one I didn’t see coming—which is probably why it hit me so hard. I know what you’re thinking, and it wasn’t one of those Serious Relationship Conversations. At…