This is my 10th anniversary participating in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). It’s an organization that promotes writing an...

At the beginning of a life or at the beginning of a process, we never know the outcome. We sometimes imagine the possibilities. We take...

I read voraciously for several reasons across many genres. I’m a lover of the classics and literary fiction. As an English teacher, I...

Book or movie? It’s an age-old question. I teach a Reading Literature/Reading Film class where we examine this very question. I am an...

Growing up, I had a short bucket list. There were two certainties on it. One, I wanted to be a mom. Two, I needed to write. Little did I...

I’m not sure whether my curiosity for nostalgia originated from my mother’s side or my father’s. I listened to the tales of lives of...

The perfect CP Match is a relationship between two writers with the intent of making each other’s work stronger. It’s important to...

While I am not an editor by trade, I have been editing my students’ creative and expository writing for 20+ years in addition to working...

There are many misconceptions about writing life. My experience hasn’t been any of those things. Do I love writing? Yes. Am I glad I’ve...

I always have the most fun building the bones of the story before I even begin writing. At that stage, the possibilities are endless....

Finding the right voice was one of the most difficult challenges I faced while writing ALL THAT IS SACRED. The novel involves five...

People always ask why I wrote ALL THAT IS SACRED. They want the behind-the-scenes story. I get it. That’s why I teach a film class...

When I worked as a graduate teacher’s assistant at Southern Connecticut State University, I heard the term Curriculum Vitae (C.V.) for...

It’s been a month since I signed my first book deal with Red Adept Publishing to publish my women’s fiction novel, ALL THAT IS SACRED...

So, let’s talk honestly and to the point. Writing is a messy habit. It involves a whole lot of process to get it just right. I think it’s...

It’s easy to get lost looking for writing resources. When I first signed up for Twitter to build a social platform, I simply didn’t know...

I plan on dedicating this blog to my writing, all messy aspects of it. I hope some of what I share will speak to you or be helpful to you, a