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Writing Field Trip

Often, writers get to dive down fun rabbit holes of research where they get to explore the world via their keyboards or bookshelves. In some cases, though, the internet fails, and we can’t find what we’re looking for, no matter how many rabbit holes we check. When that happens, we get to take field tripsContinue reading “Writing Field Trip”

Alice vs Lucy

I can still vividly remember the day I sat down and started, officially, writing my first novel – I was on winter break, and I spilled out 8K words onto that digital page in one day. It was unlike any other writing experience I had ever had. I don’t know why, but this one feltContinue reading “Alice vs Lucy”

Cover Reveal: Wherever Would I Be

Back in July, I wrote a post about a book cover design rabbit hole I fell down in Canva. I mentioned an image by artist Pascal Campion that I really loved – one that I wished I could have as the cover of my book because it fit – the two figures (in the caseContinue reading “Cover Reveal: Wherever Would I Be”

Libraries: Oh My, How Times Have Changed

I was the kid who knew our bookmobile driver’s name. I befriend him, and each week, we’d talk about stories. He’d bring me books I’d requested, as well as a few he thought I might like. When we moved, I remember being disappointed in the size of our new library (we moved from a cityContinue reading “Libraries: Oh My, How Times Have Changed”

#AStoryADay

It feels like only a couple months ago when I sat down and decided that my goal for 2022 would be to a read a short story every single day. In all honesty, when I made that decision, I wasn’t fully sure I could last the whole year. Surely, I’d lose steam. Or I’d loseContinue reading “#AStoryADay”

Cataloging Your Books

Maybe you’re like me – you’ve got a healthy set of bookshelves back home, and you’ve got a TBR list longer than you can ever manage to complete in your lifetime. And it Just. Keeps. Growing. Maybe you’ve strolled through a bookshop, found a book you wanted to buy, but then thought…wait, do I alreadyContinue reading “Cataloging Your Books”

Culloden

I first became aware of the Battle of Culloden while in a Scottish Literature course in college, and the battle has cropped up in various other places over the years – in research, in art, in television and movies – and now in my book Wherever Would I Be. Thus, I thought it might beContinue reading “Culloden”

Dunvegan Fairy Flag

A few years ago, I went on a road trip through Scotland with my bestie. Dunvegan Castle was on our itinerary because this was my bestie’s ancestral home. We spent some time walking the grounds, took a seal tour (in a really tiny boat!), and then walked through the castle itself. I can only imagineContinue reading “Dunvegan Fairy Flag”

Shop Small

Let me preface this post by saying that I fully understand that not everyone has the time and/or the means to do so – but this is my plea post about shopping small – if you can. I’m a big proponent of shopping local whenever I can, partly because I like to know my moneyContinue reading “Shop Small”

A Story A Day: Month Twelve

For this month, I chose (kind of) at random stories from the Friday Flash Fiction series by Tin House, the “the singular lovechild of an eclectic literary journal and a beautiful glossy magazine” that got its start in 1999. I say ‘kind of’ because I scrolled through their list and chose any story that IContinue reading “A Story A Day: Month Twelve”