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Why I Write About Subversive Women

“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” — (paraphrase, G.K.

Jun 6 •

May 2025

The Best Of April

A few things that have delighted me lately.

May 4 •

April 2025

Pacing. Your New Superpower.

How to keep readers turning the page.

Apr 13 •

March 2025

I’m not much of a painter.

Mar 20 •

There Are Rules

Last November I was driving through Alabama with my friend Marybeth Whalen. We did two events together to cap off our individual book tours and as we…

Mar 3 •

February 2025

A Tense Subject

Tips on choosing past or present tense in your fiction.

Feb 1 •

January 2025

The only thing we remember about beloved books.

Jan 28 •

December 2024

Deadline, Book Tour, And My New Friend Nero

Field notes from a crazy fall.

Dec 19, 2024 •

September 2024

Do A Favor For Your Future Self

Sep 23, 2024 •

The Best Of Summer

All the things that I have enjoyed lately.

Sep 4, 2024 •

August 2024

The Last Book You Ever Read

I’ve had three different posts half-written and almost ready to send over the last few weeks.

Aug 26, 2024 •

July 2024

Three-Way Revision

A close look at how I revise every manuscript.

Jul 31, 2024 •

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