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My Personal Library
I don’t know of any writer who isn’t surrounded by their own personal library—be it physical or digital. Continue reading
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Create a Soundtrack for Your Story
For nearly every project of mine, I create a soundtrack/playlist. Sometimes just for the story, other times for the characters themselves. Continue reading
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Using Writing to Explore the Unknown
Write what you know….Stories that are inspired and driven by personal life experiences can connect profoundly with readers. However, I also think it’s important to use writing as a tool to explore the unknown. How? Continue reading
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I Reached My Writing Goal!
Today is a special day, as it marks a full month since I started my little writing experiment. I’ve written every single day for the past 30 days, and while I wouldn’t go as far as saying it has changed… Continue reading
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Challenging Myself: Writing Improvised Poetry at Twin Falls Pride
It’s been a goal of mine to do more things that scare me. While I certainly won’t be jumping off the Twin Falls bridge anytime soon, I still look for opportunities I can take part in that I know will… Continue reading
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The Most Obvious Writing Advice
When I was in my freshman year of high school, I received the most useful and obvious piece of writing advice in my life. And it all started with my borderline homophobic English teacher. (I know homophobic English teacher sounds… Continue reading
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What’s Your Word Count? My Writing Productivity Experiment
For those of you who don’t know, I am a productivity nut. I devour self-help and productivity books like I am orchestrating some sort of master plan to take over the universe. In reality, I am just trying to make… Continue reading
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The Book You Need to Read This Halloween Season: How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
Grady Hendrix, we meet again! Having read my fair share of Grady Hendrix novels—The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, The Final Girl Support Group, My Best Friend’s Exorcism, and now How to Sell a Haunted House—it’s fair to… Continue reading
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Let Your Writing Be Crap
I’ve been around writers frequently enough to know that the most shared experience among us is that moment when we look at our own writing and say to ourselves: “Wow, that is a real piece of shit.” This moment can… Continue reading
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Mexican Gothic: A Must-Read This Halloween Season
It’s that wonderful time of the year, again! That time of the year when virgins light black-flame candles, a stranger calls and asks you What’s your favorite scary movie?, and thrill seekers dive harder than usual into all things creepy.… Continue reading



