How to Attend AWP Without Losing Your Mind
An Acre of Darkness Book
During the pandemic, I returned to stargazing only to realize that we are on the brink of losing the night sky altogether. An Acre of Darkness is the story of my own changing relationship with the night sky intertwined with stories of scientists, navigators, and astrologers across the centuries who have looked to the night sky to find a place where they belong.
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!”