Sometimes I pick up a book just for its cover. This was one of those times. Summary from the inside jacket: Mackie is not one of us. Though he lives in the small town of Gentry, he comes from a world of tunnels and black murkey water, a world of living dead girls ruled by...Continue Reading
Maybe that title is misleading. I did sort of lose my mind a little while querying. But simply from the nerves and anxieties of the process. Otherwise, I was very organized, confident in who I was reaching out to, and happy with my process. So I’m going to share how I tackled this monstrous step...Continue Reading
Most Mondays I feel like Peter in Office Space and can hear that secretary woman running around in my head sputtering, “Sounds like somebody’s got a case of the Mondays!” But today’s Monday is perhaps the most exciting day that I have had in my career as a writer. Today’s Monday I can share some...Continue Reading
They say don’t judge a book by its cover, but sometimes it’s difficult not to. I recently picked up Brenna Yovanoff’s The Replacement at the library solely because of the cover. It wasn’t that the inside jacket didn’t read well – it does – but the cover caught my eye and I couldn’t not take...Continue Reading