Book update! (much belated)
I bet you're wondering how my book is going, aren't you? "My Parents Are Dead: What Now?" is well on its way!
Read MoreSpring 2025 Playlist: Annotated
I was thinking about why my Spring 2025 playlist is so moody, and it occurred to me that Spring and everything about it, from the weather to NCAA basketball, reminds me of my dad dying. So maybe my Spring offerings aren’t going to be particularly chipper from now on.
Read MoreMy January and February in reading
Normally I read tons of books at the beginning of the year. But 2025 has been busy thanks to book edits of my own, houseguests, and copious February birthdays. I only have seven to review so far—but seven (mostly) good ones.
Read MoreMy December in reading
Ah, December—the month where I cram in as many books as I can to make up for a perceived yearlong laziness due to Catholic guilt. This year wasn’t too bad, actually—I only read five throughout the month.
Read MoreWinter 2024/25 Playlist: Annotated
The theme of my Winter 2024/25 Playlist may be…discordant? I suppose not all the songs are discordant, but I do feel like my playlists are becoming somewhat more deranged as the world continues to fall apart. You’re welcome?
Read MoreMy October and November in reading
In which I reread multiple books in order to better jump into their sequels. And then some.
Read MoreMy September and October in reading
Oops, I did it again. I fell behind on my reading blogs. Got lost in the game…of starting a new business and finishing my own book. Enough Britney—onto the reviews.
Read MoreFall 2024 Playlist: Annotated
I finished my Fall 2024 playlist at the beginning of October—I just haven’t had a chance to blog about it. Better do it now before autumn escapes entirely and we rush headlong into winter.
Read MoreWhy cry when you could laugh?
Recently The Conversation Project asked me to write a blog post about grief for them. And today that blog post is out in the world: “Laughing in the Face of Death: Joy as Coping Mechanism.”
Read MoreMy July and August in reading
And now, the post you’ve been waiting for: part two of the twenty books I’ve read since the last time I remembered to blog.
Read MoreMy April, May, June, and July in reading
I have finished twenty books since I last blogged about my reading. Whoops. I shall now attempt to catch up in two, ten-book posts. I’ll keep the reviews short, for everyone’s sake.
Read MoreArtist's residency summer!
Big news: I’ve been awarded an artist’s residency from the Kentucky Foundation for Women!
Read MoreSummer 2024 Playlist: Annotated
My Summer 2024 Playlist shreds. And in the rare moments it doesn’t shred, it boogies.
Read MoreMy February & March in reading
I have been slacking on my reading blogs. I’ll have to cover February (many books) and March (few books) in one go.
Read MoreSpring 2024 Playlist: Annotated
Initially I was thinking the theme of my Spring 2024 playlist was “desperation,” but that’s not quite right. It’s more like…the feeling of being full to bursting, one raindrop too many in a dark, rumbling cloud ready to storm.
Read MoreThe insidious corporate "we"
I went on a little rant about one of my biggest corporate writing pet peeves, and today Slate was good enough to publish it: “We’re Going to Be Using ‘We’ a Little Less.”
Read MoreMy January in reading
New year, new books. I’m already off to a strong start with 7 books in January.
Read MoreSmall but mighty
Just a quick note to share the good news: Paranoid Tree nominated my story “I Saw Goody Proctor Help the Devil Rotate a PDF” for the 2024 Best Microfiction anthology!
Read MoreMy December in reading
Whenever the end of the year rolls around, I read a ton of books in an effort to boost my annual count—which, by the way, was officially 74 in 2023. This past December I had lots of extra time to read while I was semi-vacationing in Santa Fe, so I really went for it.
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