But How Did You Get Here?: From Writer to Lawyer to Professor and Back Again
:: I spend a lot of time mentoring young or new writers and freelancers, and they all ask me a version of the same question: How did you get here? My path is long. My feelings are strong. And so I decided to write this story. **Author’s note: I started writing this...
New Book Coming: THE FREELANCE ACADEMIC
:: I’m not perfect. You’re not perfect. We’re all Okay. That’s what THE FREELANCE ACADEMIC is all about. I wrote a new book. This isn’t totally surprising, since writing books is a Thing I Do. But this one is particularly meaningful to me...
Women Write Los Angeles: Nine Great Novels about L.A., By Women
:: Here are nine dynamite books by women set in and around Los Angeles, recommended by a nine women writers who are dynamite in their own right. Don’t get me wrong: I love Raymond Chandler. Phillip Marlowe is outstanding, as is his latter-day reincarnation, Michael...
Welcome to the World, FALLOUT GIRL
:: Fallout Girl is the hardest novel I’ve ever written. I’ve written four novels. The three full-length novels of the Hollywood Lights series (check out the whole series of books listed below), and the fourth that’s with my agent now, something...
A Wonderful Book Event at Flyleaf Books with Tall Poppy Writers
:: Marvelous photos of a book event, where I was joined by fellow Tall Poppy Writers Kristy Woodson Harvey and Susan Bishop Crispell. Last Thursday, November 16, I had a book event at Flyleaf Books here in Chapel Hill with fellow Tall Poppy Writers Kristy Woodson...01. About Me
Author, essayist, sometime law professor. Topics that will get me talking: mental health and disability, sexual violence, and making words happen. I want to be your friend, even if I have trouble showing it.
03. Letter
