Three and a half years ago, in the fall of 2016, I got the impression it was time for Chris and me to try to have another baby. This was kin...

I'm thrilled to announce that I sold another book! From Publishers Weekly : Alison Deering at Capstone has acquired Krista Van Dolzer...

I'm thrilled to share my interview with Alison Weiss , an editor at Sky Pony Press. I got to pick her brain about Sarah S. Reida ...

When you sell your first manuscript, you're ecstatic. Your lifelong dream is (finally, always finally) coming true. You did it. You real...

I've been writing this post in my head for longer than I care to admit, but a part of me hasn't wanted to come out and just say it. ...

As you may have guessed, I'm a huge fan of historical fiction, so when I found out that Anne Blankman , author of PRISONER OF NI...

Super excited to share my interview with Alyson Heller , the editor at Aladdin who worked on Dee Romito 's THE BFF BUCKET LIST . Ms. R...

I've been elbow-deep in house listings for the last couple of weeks, and it's gotten me thinking: what if selling a house were like ...

Or at least some things... Second only to an offer, a revise-and-resubmit--or an R&R, as they're often called--can be a fantastic ...

Now that I have a little time for blogging (read: now that I finished my latest revision), I've been thinking about what I might say, an...

I'm thrilled to start the new year with my interview with Meredith Rich , digital editor at Bloomsbury Spark . I haven't done many i...

You know that scene in Kung Fu Panda when Po's talking to his dad just before he fights Tai Lung? Po's freaking out about the fact ...

It's been a while since I mentioned Clyde . I guess that's just what happens when a manuscript is on submission and you're waiti...

I've started this post a dozen times and never finished it. I've rewritten, rearranged, added, and deleted. In fact, I've seriou...

I've been unhappy several times the last couple of months. More than several times, actually, and every time I feel myself succumbing t...

This is the post I've written a thousand times in my head but never needed to put down on paper. This is the post I've dreamed about...

So many things remind me of writing (I’m sure you understand), so when I heard this talk from President Dieter F. Uchtdorf a few weeks ago, ...

A couple of months ago, I got a hankering to interview an editor. You know how much I like interviews, and it occurred to me that a lot of w...

I don't like to interrupt rounds of "An Agent's Inbox," but the blogging bug bit me last night, and I couldn't hold th...

Querying and submitting aren't exactly alike--the biggest difference, of course, is that you have an agent in your corner when you'r...