These days my biggest battle is with my mind every time I have a physical setback or illness within my body. The minute I have to reschedule or cancel something, …
When it hurts to write
Three hundred words. In just under an hour, I only manage to write 300 new words on my book. I should be annoyed. But instead, I hit save and close …
Why I Make My Memoir Free
(And Why I Wrote It in the First Place) There’s power in stories. They connect us, challenge us, and make us feel seen. That’s why I wrote my memoir—to be …
Flashback: December 7, 1997
“He’s here. Hide.” Steve pushed me toward the back of the trailer. I swooped up my giggling baby girl and ran through the trailer to their bedroom. I stopped right …
Flashback: December 6, 1997
A few hours into my shift, sure as I expected him, Dewayne walked in looking and smelling like 1988. He sat in my section, and I was torn between ignoring …
Flashback: December 5, 1997
“What’s wrong with you? Don’t you love me anymore?” he asked. This is it, I thought. The breaking point I feared. The moment when I wouldn’t be able to pretend, …
Chat With Me About Life, Writing, and Memoir
THIS EVENT IS BEING RESCHEDULED. PLEASE STAND BY… October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and I’m getting ready! Author Chat — October 10, 2024, 6:00 – 7:30 pm MST Curious …
Get Comfortable Being in Pictures: I’ll Go First
I’ve noticed that every time I get ready to start a new season or turn a corner, I begin with new self-portraits. It always feels like a reintroduction to myself …
Of owls and crises and writing
*excerpt from work-in-progress memoir The alarm has sounded and I have turned it off. It always sounds like a good idea the night before to get up at 5 am. …
The glimpse into a writer’s mind that so many people say they are interested in…
…even when the title is too long and convoluted to be taken seriously in the serious world of titles. REPOST June 17, 2020 * excerpt from work-in-progress memoir I’m 21 …