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Creative Energy Rhythm: How Many Hours Can Writers Really Write?

The finite reality of your creative energy and why writing less might help you accomplish more. Discover your optimal creative energy rhythm. Learn why the creative limit is real and how to build a...

Two Career Myths Holding You Back From Making Money as a Writer

Discover the truth about making money as a writer. Learn why the 'starving artist' myth and 'Great American Novel' dream might be holding you back from building a sustainable writing career...

Writing with ADHD: Your Creative Superpower for Book Writing

When someone tells me they can’t write a book because they have ADHD, I get excited. Why? Because I believe ADHD isn’t a barrier to writing – it’s actually a superpower for creative...

When Life Has Other Plans: Navigating Business Through Health Challenges

On Christmas Eve, I found myself rushed to the hospital with stabbing pain in my back so intense I could barely breathe. I felt like I’d swallowed a sword. For the first time in my life, when a...

Why Rest Isn’t Always the Answer: Redefining Self-Care for Ambitious Creatives

During my book launch for Because Fat Girl, I experienced something that completely changed my perspective on rest. As we made plans to launch Because Fat Girl out into the world, I cleared my...

Overcoming Rejection: How I Built Resilience as a Writer

My overnight success took twenty years. Right now, my novel, BECAUSE FAT GIRL, is in the bestsellers section of airports across the country. While I don’t yet have actual numbers, I can...

How Stories Shape Rights: From Lawrence to Obergefell and the Ongoing Fight for LGBTQ+ Equality

Why Knowing the Law Matters While in law school, I interned at the National Center for Lesbian Rights and worked on their legal helpline. I spent months helping non-biological parents gain...

Should you tell that story publicly?

Are you afraid of putting yourself out there on the Internet {{ subscriber.first_name | strip | default: “” }}? Sometimes it can be really hard for me to exist in a queer, fat...

Writing your book is about more than just you.

My local fiction-focused bookstore just sent out a list of the LGBTQIA+ books that have come out between last pride and this one.  Mind you, they’re a store that actively seeks out LGBTQIA+...