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Dear Teen Nikki Today!

Well, Writer Friends, if you’ve been waiting for Nikki Overshare 2011 (re: my life as a hideously socially deformed teenager), your big day is here! Go and check out my post on the Dear Teen me blog, the uber-cool e-lovechild … Continue reading

What Do You Love?

Happy Valentine’s Day, Writer Friends! I spent the morning surrounded by the boys I love most in the world, boys who gave me Lindt chocolate bars (thus proving their love for me), and now I’m spending the rest of it … Continue reading

Agent Love: Get Some

Hiya, Peeps! Y’all know how much I love my Suzie T., right? I’ve kind of gone on about her to most of my Writer Friends to the point where they long to shake me and yell “SHUT UP!” in my … Continue reading

Austin: You Want to Live Here

Hi, y’all! Most of you know I’m a native Texan – but you may not know I’ve lived my whole life right around Austin. (I would say “in Austin,” but I’ve been a resident of Manchaca, Austin, Round Rock, San … Continue reading

Backspace Contest is Back!

Hiya, peeps! I’m taking a short break from the busiest week EVER to point you in the direction of the Backspace Writer’s Conference in NYC. This conference was amazing – possibly the best one I’ve ever attended, and you know … Continue reading

What I’m Reading This Week…

Aside from my sweet Writer Friends’ Fabulous Manuscripts, that is… 1. Writing the Breakout Novel by Donald Maass Um, I think I’m going to have to go with Highly Recommend on this one. What took me so long to get … Continue reading

What I Plan To Do With My Summer Vacation

Good morning, Writer Peeps! Just checking in to give you the status update and ask a question: What do you think I should do with my summer vacation? Specifically, I’m talking about the part where I Go Away (and Leave … Continue reading

Writing the Blues Away

Seriously, sometimes I wish I were the type of person who got bored or tired or grumpy and went to the craft cupboard to make something like this. Because I totally think those glitter shoes would cheer me up like … Continue reading

Resolve

Today I’d like to talk about resolve. The noun, that is, not the verb – all these people around me “resolving” to lose ten pounds or write every day make me tired. Also, not Resolve the cleaning solution that gets … Continue reading

Going Dark

Oh, Writer Friends. I am having So Much Fun today. The kids are burning their little retinas out with unlimited screen time, Dave’s at work, and I am writing a New Novel. A very creepy, dark, funny, horribly inappropriate novel … Continue reading