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Fun for Friday: End of Summer Writing Prompt

| August 23, 2024

As we reach the end of the summer (for students, at least), I thought an interesting fiction writing prompt might be one of the questions that younger students often write about early in the school year: what did you do on your summer vacation? However, for this, make it fictional! Pick a character you’re writing […]

Back from a Trip to Japan!

| May 29, 2023

Jeremy and I spent two weeks visiting Japan (we actually got back a week ago), primarily in Kyoto and Tokyo, but also with a wild dash along the Sea of Japan/East Sea. We were part of a tour group, so we had a lot of our time and activities pre-scheduled, but we also got some […]

A Brief Break

| November 4, 2019

As I told friends recently, “I feel like I’ve been running three marathons at once.” This was a result of finishing up a novel and a novella by the end of October, plus a very hectic two days of work as everyone tried to get things to me before I went on vacation. And now […]

Time Off from Writing

| August 5, 2019

We spent the last week of July visiting the Northeast U.S., which was a place that Jeremy had never been, and I had barely been (save for a quick conference trip to Rhode Island some years ago). It was ridiculously hot the entire time we were there, and the wifi in the hotel that we […]

Summertime Excitement

| June 4, 2018

With the end of the school year comes the joys of summertime, including a lot of vacations. For authors, vacations can be a disruption to their normal schedules. But they’re also very valuable as a way to recharge your writing “batteries.” While you’re out and about on your summertime adventures, take a moment to look […]

Off for another adventure!

| April 23, 2018

This year seems to be the year of many adventures for me. This time, I’m off to the city that birthed me, to visit my mom and sisters. It’ll be a different sort of adventure, as it’s a combination of me hanging out and also working. One of my sisters and I will be commandeering […]

Travel to Recharge

| March 19, 2018

We’ve just gotten back from our vacation with friends in Philadelphia. And while sometimes when I travel, I come back with ideas, this was not one of those trips. I got way behind on things I needed to work on, and spent most of the time just relaxing. And that’s the kind of vacation I […]

Off for an adventure!

| March 14, 2018

We’re off to have an adventure for a few days with some of my dearest friends. I’ve got posts set up so you can be entertained while I’m otherwise occupied. I doubt I’ll get much writing done, but it’ll be nice to give my brain a few days of recharging!