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Why I’m A Weekday Vegetarian
A couple months ago John and I watched Forks Over Knives. The documentary impacted us so much, for both the environmental and health benefits, that we decided to look into this whole vegetarian thing. These revelations were the most shocking to me: Plants (such as asparagus, spinach, broccoli, etc.) contain protein. As an avid runner, I’ve […]
Top 5 Story Endings
Ah, The End, where all the carefully constructed mysteries are resolved, final gut-wrenching twists are thrown in, and you’re left with either a sense of awe or disappointment. The whole story might be perfect, the beginning engaging, characters compelling, plot fast-paced, but if the ending is off, game over. A less-than satisfying ending can mean […]
Summertime and the Livin’s Easy
Summer is just around the corner *throws confetti* which means: 1. Fabulous new book releases! Which inevitably leads to a reading tan line (you know, that little bit of our neck that never gets any sun because our noses are constantly buried in a book). 2. Seeking asylum from the heat in a cool movie theater […]
How To Read Your Manuscript on a Kindle
A few months ago I discovered how to email personal documents, a.k.a. my Work In Progress, to my Kindle (or to a Kindle App). Since then I’ve had a few author friends ask me how to do this so I decided to write a post about it. Why I like doing this: 1. It forces me […]
Exciting News About La Chusa
I’m excited, humbled, and honored to announce that my short story, La Chusa, won first place (seriously, I’m still in awe!) in the 2014 Denver Woman’s Press Club’s Unknown Writers’ Contest (fiction category). This was the third time I’ve entered this contest and it’s so cool to reflect on my prior entries and see just how much […]