What I am working and focusing on this year as a professional writer and editor.
Tag: writing goals
2025 Author Goals and Intention
My author career goals for 2025 and a collection of my past author goals for the last five years. Last updated: November 2025
Hugo Win and Ignyte Nom
After 24 years, Strange Horizons won a Hugo!
My MFA Journey: Applying to Grad School
This is the second in a series of blog posts going over the different parts of my MFA journey from applying to grad school to graduating and all the moments in-between. I'm hoping that by writing this series, I can reflect on my experiences, share what I've learned, and help a fellow writer along the way.
2024 Author Goals and Intention
In 2024, my intention is to write more thought-provoking stories and to get there, I'll be doing a hell of a lot of learning, reading, and writing. Read on to learn about all 10 of my writing goals this year. Last updated January 2025
My MFA Journey: Deciding on a Grad School
When I first started writing fiction and decided that I'd be a writer as my career, I knew that at some point along the journey I'd get my MFA.
August Author Updates
Life update: I turned 33! My birthday was lovely and filled with cake, books, and seafood. August is normally my short story challenge month. If you're new around here or need a refresher, my August Short Story Challenge is when I task myself with writing a new short story a day for the whole month … Continue reading August Author Updates
Writing Skins
I've got a new way for readers to connect with me and take a peak inside my writing practice. It's an author newsletter called, Writing Skins, and it's a look back at through my writing journals over the past few years, dating back to before I even sold my first story.
Author Memoir Reading List and Book Club
The way authors create and think is a technique in itself. When I explain a story idea's life and creation to another writer and vice versa, there's always small amazement how the connections happen.
Author Life Updates: June and July 2023
Links to stories, notes on writing noms, and what I've been working on over the past couple of months.









