Sometimes I think I don’t love my kids enough. For example, last night my 10-year-old son Lucas wanted me to help him with his Halloween costume. I very…
My husband paces in front of me, a little out of breath, a little flustered, a little hurried. He’s speaking faster than usual, running his words together as…
UPDATE: GIVEAWAY IS OVER! Time for the easiest giveaway EVER with six awesome books up for grabs — from my shelf to yours — plus a signed print…
Remember how, when you were a kid, grownups seemed like they had life completely figured out? My mom in particular—she came off like an adulthood ninja. She was…
Beyond the Break began with the following question: What if a heterosexual woman found herself suddenly falling for her female friend? And then I wondered: What if she were married?…
I wrote about Brock Turner and it went super viral, almost broke my website. As one might expect, I got a lot of comments, on the blog, on my…
I don’t know her name, but that’s okay, I don’t really want to know it. I don’t have any right to know it. I want to protect her privacy, as…
You’ve probably heard the analogy that writing a novel is like birthing a baby. You might have also heard indignant mothers–or even writers who are also mothers–screech with…