2016, man. It's been a year , am I right? Like many of you, 2016 has put me through the ringer in more ways than one. But there's al...

Guys. Oh my gosh, guys. This is the first year EVER that I have forgotten to publish the results of the pumpkin contest when I said I would!...

One night last year, I sat in our blisteringly hot non-air-conditioned apartment during the hottest summer ever recorded in Portland...

Long ago, in a land far far away, my now-husband and I were young college students flirting with the idea of taking our casual friendship a ...

Today I have the incredible privilege of sharing a chat with Shari Green, author of the debut middle grade novel-in-verse ROOT BEER CANDY...

Every time I get ready to dive back into a draft of a book a round of edits after feedback, I feel slightly paralyzed. Maybe you've f...

Here we are, writers, in our final post in this descriptive writing 101 series! And I've saved one of the most important—but also, i...