Essays

A Glimpse Into My Parents' Library

How Important Your Reading Habits are in Influencing Your Children to Become Readers

Oct 8, 2024 •

Spiders on the 39th Floor

Why Do We Have To Remove Ourselves From Our Lives to Get Anything Done?

Jul 2, 2024 •

"When You Are Content Not To Compare or Compete..."

What matters in writing? Does one genre have more value than another?

Dec 6, 2023 •

I Miss Halloween

My parents just sent me a picture of their pumpkin, a huge, bright orange beauty, and my brother responded with a Charlie Brown Great Pumpkin meme, and…

Oct 31, 2023 •

When The Ones Who Are Supposed To Have Words… Don’t.

Having Cognitive Dissonance in the Face of War

Oct 15, 2023 •

What I Learned in Ireland

And Other Vagaries of Life on the Road

Oct 4, 2023 •

Travel + Research = The Perfect Combination for Writers

This is Why I Visit the Places I Want to Write About

Sep 26, 2023 •

Putting Myself Back Together

When Mind over Matter Stops Working

Sep 19, 2023 •

The Lure of the Boarding School Mystery

Why Are We So Drawn to Dark Academia?

Sep 12, 2023 •

I See Dead People

Sometimes, Writers Have To Go the Extra Mile

Aug 1, 2023 •

The Power of Commitment: Why You Should "Do" Instead of "Try"

I encourage you to dare mighty things...and here are some steps to get you there.

Jul 25, 2023 •

The Two Words Every Writer Needs

I Give You... Reckless Abandon

Jun 22, 2023 •

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