Anise Street: Cutting Scenes
A scene that got the ax, and why.
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January 24, 2021
Making words count
I’ve been writing middle grade for the past three-ish months, which makes it even more critical that I trim my dang chapters.
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January 17, 2021
Sup with gladness
A Christmas horror story about poison, disease, and blithely inviting trouble.
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December 25, 2020
That problem chapter
Weak chapters are obvious. But who has the energy to fix them after struggling to get the words down on paper?
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October 11, 2020
Rewriting from the ground up: What I’ve learned about strong openings
I bungled the first manuscript I ever wrote. After a lot more practice, I know how to fix the story. This is what I'm doing.
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September 7, 2020
With love, all the same
1.6k modern fantasy short story. Originally written in 2018. Sidney does not so much walk out of her last final as let the crowd bear her along. The auditorium empties step by step, incrementally, and she feels like putting her…
July 11, 2020
Reasons to Choke
Some mechanical sound rumbled across the hills the day Gila National Forest burned. Lawry hiked towards the blaze with a dead cellphone, leaving his stalled out car behind.
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June 23, 2020
“Lacquer” post-mortem
What “Lacquer” taught me as a writer is that a game of cards can’t end until you show your hand or fold.
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May 28, 2020
Lacquer
This 4600 word short story, written in 2018, imagines a future that feels closer every day. I dragged it out of my folder of old projects because certain current events have made the themes feel topical again.
May 13, 2020
By nature ferocious
Adult dark fantasy, 1.5k. POV character uses they/them pronouns. Content warning for gore.
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April 17, 2020