authors 5 Things Ryan Eggold Doesn't Know About Writers When I was in my parents’ bathroom over the weekend, I picked up the copy of Women’s Health hanging out by the toilet and read 5 Juicy Questions for Ryan Eggold. Here’s his response to question #4: What’s one profession that you find extremely attractive? A writer.
Catholicism Making the Invisible Visible Releases Today A little over a year ago, I traveled to New York to attend a colloquium about the intersection of bisexuality and faith. The Religious Institute was calling together bisexual ministers and people of faith from diverse religious backgrounds to start a discussion that would ultimately inform their creation of Bisexuality:
authors Indie Book Review: Unforgettable by Paulette Bates Alden Now that I’ve officially entered the realm of indie publishing, I’ve decided to showcase high-quality self-published offerings when I come across them. These are the books that are slowly eroding the stigma attached to self-publishing, so they deserved to be noticed! Below is my review of Unforgettable: Short
book reviews In Which I Ponder Fan-fiction I recently read Rainbow Rowell’s Fangirl (you can read my review here.) It brought back a lot of memories for me — memories about college, because Rowell writes about the college experience (at least, the way it feels to anxious introverts) very well. And also memories about writing fan-fic. I
Writing Quotes The Writing Pregnancy “I could never be at peace again till I had written my charge against the gods. It burned me from within. It quickened; I was with book, as a woman is with child.” – C.S. Lewis, “Till We Have Faces”
journaling Rumpelstiltskin, Rapunzel, and the Grief Journey Over the weekend, this article about Rumpled was published in the Marshall Independent, my hometown newspaper. I did the interview last Monday. Beware, though: there is a spoiler in the interview (which the reporter quoted from the acknowledgements page at the END of Rumpled — I didn’t give any spoilers
journaling When You Can't Write Around It, Write Through it In this writing lecture by Brandon Sanderson, a woman asks how to continue writing when you’re going through something traumatic. Sanderson’s answer is a little less-than-adequate (although honest), in that he says he’s never experienced that because a) nothing very bad has ever happened to him; and
Book Reviews Retelling Book Review: Second Star by Alyssa B. Sheinmel Second Star by Alyssa B. Sheinmel My rating: 4 of 5 stars There were so many things I really liked about this book. I loved the idea of the Peter Pan story being retold with the lost boys as a group of runaways hiding out in abandoned houses on the
blogging Love, Identity, Transformation: Why I Love Retellings Below is a copy of my guest post, which went up today on Andi’s book reviews. Visit her blog for an excerpt and more info, too. Like many children, I grew up on fairy tales. My sisters and I wore out our “The Little Mermaid” picture book long before
blogging My Interview with Deal-Sharing Aunt While I was up in Duluth taking long walks along the shores of Lake Superior with my best friend, Deal-Sharing Aunt’s interview with me went up on her blog. I’ve pasted a copy below. Where are you from? Currently, I live in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. I grew
blogging My Mythical Books Interview Below is a copy of my interview posted over at Mythical Books today. Cremona asked some great questions, and I love that she included some traditional artwork from the original Rumpelstiltskin story in her post. I’ve kept that with my repost below. Why a retelling? What makes an author
blogging Familiarity and Strangeness: What Makes a Good Retelling? Below is a copy of my guest post featured on Corey’s Book Reviews:When my husband told one of his friends that I’d recently released a book that was a retelling of “Rumpelstiltskin,” his friend asked, “When is she going to start writing her own stuff?”I wanted
blogging Rumpled is On Tour! My blog tour of “Rumpled” began yesterday, and the first three posts are already up. You can check out the kick-off, which includes a Q&A with me, here. Here are the rest of the stops, along with what you can expect to find there: May 11- A Reader
freelancing How I Crammed My Life Full of Books ... in Nine Steps The professor who supervised me in my college days of working at the university writing center recently wrote me with feedback on Rumpled. She said that she wasn’t sure how I managed to find time to do so much reading and writing. I wanted to laugh, because what I
6 Writing Book Review: A Year in the Life by Sheila Bender A Year in the Life: Journaling for Self-Discovery by Sheila Bender My rating: 3 of 5 stars I just finished working through a year of weekly journaling prompts from this book. When I bought it at a used booksale, I remember thinking that the prompts didn’t seem all that
6 A Year in the Life, Week 52: Self-Reflection Week Well, yesterday I finished working through the exercises in A Year in the Life. The final exercise was the last of four “self-reflection weeks” in which I gave myself feedback on my journaling. (You can see how the schizophrenic relationship with myself as both employer and employee began here.) I
ebooks Rumpled is #1 in the Folklore category on Kindle I know those Kindle lists are fickle, so I’m enjoying it while it lasts! Thanks to all who have given it a try!
blogging Young Adult Catholics: God & Evolution My latest post is up at Young Adult Catholics, in which I attempt to articulate some of my thoughts after completing Coursera’s “Soul Beliefs” course.
ebooks Rumpled is Featured on FreeBooksy! Just found out Rumpled was hand-picked to be featured on FreeBooksy today!
ebooks An Anniversary and a Free Kindle Day for Rumpled Today is the second anniversary of the day I married the love of my life. In honor, I’m making today and tomorrow free Kindle days for Rumpled, my novella retelling the story of Rumpelstiltskin. The book is dedicated to my husband, who asked me a question that got the
6 A Year in the Life, Week 51: Penultimate On the second-to-the-last prompt in A Year in the Life, I was asked to write about something I was anticipating as my year of journaling came to a close. My anticipation was all around what my next writing projects would be! I’m really looking forward to devoting my Fridays
Book Reviews NCR's Full Review of Hungering & Thirsting for Justice The full review of Hungering & Thirsting for Justice published in the National Catholic Reporter (which I mentioned in an earlier post) is now online. You can read it here.
book reviews Pivotal Book: The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle I think every writer can point to a handful of books that were pivotal in shaping her writer’s voice or her storytelling style. For me, one of those books was “The Last Unicorn.” I first encountered the story through the movie, which I probably watched hundreds of times in
ebooks Rumpled Giveaways Closing Today Today is the last day for the Rumpled giveaways I’m running on Goodreads (paperback, already closed) and Booklikes (ebook, a few hours left to enter.) I look forward to receiving the winning names and addresses so that I can send off these patiently waiting books to their new homes.
Book Reviews National Catholic Reporter Review of Hungering & Thirsting for Justice I just heard from our publisher that Hungering and Thirsting for Justice received a favorable review in the April 11-24 issue of National Catholic Reporter, which claimed that, “Each story reads like a prayer.” Beautiful! Can’t wait to read the whole review.
