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Be the Protagonist of Your Own Life (Narrative Improv)

Be the Protagonist of Your Own Life (Narrative Improv)

Career, WritingAdminSeptember 8, 2024improv, improv theater, life, artComment

NEW BOOK! On Spiritual Abuse

NEW BOOK! On Spiritual Abuse

Writing, CareerAdminMay 14, 2024spiritual abuse recovery, spiritual abuse, spiritual abuse book, religious trauma book, religious traumaComment

Can Men and Women Be Friends?

Can Men and Women Be Friends?

Lifestyle, WritingAdminAugust 16, 2023christian patriarchy, patriarchy, friends, friendship, Los Angeles, Hartfords, Novel Comment

Give ‘em hell, bitch

Give ‘em hell, bitch

Conversation with my 24-year-old self.

Writing, CareerAdminSeptember 9, 2022spiritual abuseComment

On Writing Fight Scenes

On Writing Fight Scenes

WritingAdminJuly 22, 2022fight scenes, Ivanhoe, Eowyn, Nazgul, hobbit, action scene, literary fictionComment

The Book that Made Me Love Fiction Again

The Book that Made Me Love Fiction Again

WritingAdminJuly 11, 2022writing, fiction, writing sex scenesComment

Is Setting Really that Important for Story?

Is Setting Really that Important for Story?

WritingAdminJuly 2, 2022setting, story, characters, plot Comments

Review of My Novel That Brought Me To (Good) Tears

Review of My Novel That Brought Me To (Good) Tears

Writing, Editor's PicksAdminMarch 31, 2022Comment

Dear Tara Westover

Dear Tara Westover

WritingAdminDecember 13, 2021spiritual abuse Comments

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

WritingAdminNovember 18, 2021acknowledgements, Writing, editingComment

Too Many Stories with a 'Chosen One'?

Too Many Stories with a 'Chosen One'?

WritingAdminJune 4, 2021Writing, nove, novel, fiction, Writing fictionComment

when you say sorry (a poem)

when you say sorry (a poem)

for the abuse survivors who have trouble blending in

WritingAdminMay 31, 2021spiritual abuse, abuse, domestic abuse, poem, poetry Comments

On Writing Sex Scenes

On Writing Sex Scenes

WritingAdminFebruary 9, 2021Writing fiction, Writing, learning writing, sex, sexuality, writing sex scenesComment

Writing Contests are a Lot Like Dating

Writing Contests are a Lot Like Dating

WritingAdminFebruary 3, 2021WritingComment

Presence (a poem)

Presence (a poem)

Writing, LifestyleAdminJanuary 26, 2021poem, poetryComment

A Poem for When this is All Over

A Poem for When this is All Over

Writing, LifestyleAdminJanuary 19, 2021poem, poetry, COVID-19Comment

How to Write a Romantic Comedy (Funny)

How to Write a Romantic Comedy (Funny)

WritingAdminJanuary 7, 2021Writing, Writing fiction, romantic, romantic comedy, romance, novel, writerComment

Podcast Poetry Reading

Podcast Poetry Reading

One of my poems was featured on a podcast.

WritingAdminDecember 2, 2020poetry, poems, the gift, gift, abuse, spiritual abuseComment

Why Jane Austen Wouldn’t Get Published if She Were Writing Today

Why Jane Austen Wouldn’t Get Published if She Were Writing Today

WritingAdminNovember 20, 2020writing, Jane Austen, Jane, Austen, publishing, publishComment