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 MoreNormally 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 MoreAh, 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 MoreThe 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 MoreIn which I reread multiple books in order to better jump into their sequels. And then some.
Read MoreOops, 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 MoreI 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 MoreRecently 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 MoreAnd 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 MoreI 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 MoreBig news: I’ve been awarded an artist’s residency from the Kentucky Foundation for Women!
Read MoreMy Summer 2024 Playlist shreds. And in the rare moments it doesn’t shred, it boogies.
Read MoreI have been slacking on my reading blogs. I’ll have to cover February (many books) and March (few books) in one go.
Read MoreInitially 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 MoreI 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 MoreNew year, new books. I’m already off to a strong start with 7 books in January.
Read MoreJust 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 MoreWhenever 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.
Read MoreA very professional title for this post. I’m not freaking out or anything. Which is all to say: yes, what the title says. I’m writing a book. My Parents Are Dead: What Now? A Practical Guide to Your Life After Their Death—based on my dead parents website—is forthcoming from Quirk Books.
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