Jun 269 minThis Is Not the Worst YetI am taking my wildly popular post written during the pandemic on my grief blog (forloveofevelyn.com) and adapting it here to address the...
Nov 11, 20204 minBookstagram OBSESSEDAs an author, it's a given that I love books. But I also love book culture, book aesthetic, and especially book people. I've been a...
Aug 20, 20202 minTHE SALT IN OUR BLOOD Cover RevealIT's HERE! Today is the cover reveal for THE SALT IN OUR BLOOD on Instagram at the profile of @mamabear_reads
Aug 13, 20201 minTHE SALT IN OUR BLOOD Cover Reveal Coming Soon!Aaaaahhh! I'm so excited to announce the cover reveal for THE SALT IN OUR BLOOD next week on Thursday, August 20th, on Instagram at the...
Jul 31, 20203 minCovid, Chaos, and CreativityI feel I owe the world an apology. In March, the pandemic dropped over us all like a crop duster full of freeze-dried dog shit ground to...
Jun 16, 20208 minRESURRECTION GIRLS Reader's GuidePlease enjoy this small offering of a reader's guide to go along with the fancy new Resurrection Girls paperback cover. *Fair Warning: I...
Mar 11, 20205 minInside the Writing Cave: The Unglamorous Truth Behind Being An AuthorEvery writer has one. A kind of energetic space they go to in order to create their work. It may take a literal shape in the world—a den...
Jan 23, 20204 minWriting vs. EditingWe authors are required to wear many hats — author, publicist, fedora, beret (preferably in raspberry ... See how I just slid that...
Dec 2, 20193 minThe Salt In Our Blood - Releasing 2021So this happened. I'm still wrapping my head around it. It feels a bit like a second lottery win. The first time, I mean, whoa. But...
Nov 12, 20197 minDoubling Down on Sad: Where Depression and Grief CollideI originally posted this to my grief blog: forloveofevelyn.com, but decided to share it here because it deals with depression in addition...
Nov 5, 20196 minSocial Media for the Emotionally ChallengedI'm not depressed. I am emotionally challenged. Actually. I'm grieving. And I have PTSD. And I'm depressed. It's a veritable Happy Meal...
Oct 23, 20197 minPost Release BluesI'm doing that thing. That thing you're never supposed to do. That thing I have been warned against and keep doing anyway, where I get...
Sep 16, 20198 minThe Novel I Wish I Never WroteThey say life imitates art. I sincerely hope that isn't true. When my 18-year-old daughter unexpectedly died in her sleep two months...
Jun 24, 20194 minWriting on the Dark Side of the MoonI have always been a lover of words and those things only words can build — stories, books, the voices of people with extraordinary...
Apr 12, 20196 minA Husky Lover Responds to Jerome FlynnIn totally unbookish news, Jerome Flynn — star who plays Bronn in Game of Thrones — has joined with PETA to post a video asking people to...
Apr 2, 20192 minResurrection Girls Cover Reveal + New WebsiteBooks take a long time to birth. To give you somewhat of an idea of the buildup to this moment, I began writing Resurrection Girls at the...
Mar 2, 20193 minPreventing a Tragedy like the Fosters'In Resurrection Girls, main character, Olivia, is grappling with a family deeply paralyzed by their grief several years after the...
Sep 13, 20184 minToxic FriendsThe first time someone described the relationship between my main characters in Resurrection Girls as "toxic", it took me aback. I'm not...
Jul 24, 20181 minOur StoryIf you're going to read my novels, if you're going understand me as a writer, as a mother, as a person, then you should know my story....