My new novel manuscript is my new boyfriend and we’re super into each other.

It’s my blog-iversary! In 2022, I had been working as an instructor for over a year and I was not devoting much time to a writing career. In fact, I wasn’t writing at all. And it did not feel great. I love being a teacher, but I didn’t work so hard to finish my last novel for it to be yet another one to sit on the shelf.

Here is a short list of Chilly Mystery Books and Winter and Snow-themed thrillers.

We often think of the writers goal as the destination, but it’s not. It’s a map. It’s an arrow. It’s an intention.

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Here are both my wins and learning moments from launching a promoting a new novel in 2025

I hope that new authors are being cautious, especially because not only are these scams increasing, but they are also impersonating other authors, editors, and publishers.

But one of the things that is missing from Unknown Number: The High School Catfish is exactly what’s causing all the discussion on the Pretty Little Liars Reddit forum: is it possible to forgive someone who wronged you so maliciously?

So when Halloween came around this year and I saw where The Others was available for streaming on the Criterion Channel, I took a pause on my usual streaming of crime shows and documentaries to revising this classic ghost story. However, the whole time I was watching it, all I kept thinking about was Factitious Disorder.