A Star is Memory
“Take Deneb,” my father said, pointing the flashlight into the night sky. My mother and I were quiet, listening to my father’s voice rise above the pop and crackle of the campfire. Having a fire outside was my favorite thing. I was ten, and we had eaten all the marshmallows.
An Acre of Darkness
I am pleased to announce the publication of my essay, “An Acre of Darkness,” which is about light pollution, living in the country,
How To Write a Book Proposal When You Are a Pantser. Part 1: Chapter Outline
I am a pantser. Like Joan Didion says, I write to understand what I'm thinking. So when I look at the task of writing a detailed outline
Learning my Writing Process
I was a poet for the first ten years of my writing life. Then I started writing poems that, according to my writing group friend, made better stories than poems. And she was right.
Writing Memoir While Young
I was in a room full of writers talking casually about getting published.
“It’s brutal!” said one. “I used to work as an agent’s assistant in New York. I should know!”
How Intersectionality Made Me a Better Poet
Writer's Field Journal
I am writing a book of writing prompts. Actually it's a journal. Although it's a book. Hm, let's start again.