The Family Way Book Bundle
We’re almost there! My baby is due to hit shelves on April 21. It’ll be great to finally have the kid out in the world. There will be an official launch sometime in May (albeit, online). But for now, I […]
The Blurbs Are In
This is such a wonderfully exciting and anxiety provoking time. Waiting for the first reviews. The first ones to come in are usually the “endorsements.” It’s standard practice for publishers/writers to approach a few authors in advance and ask them […]
My Queen!
It’s about three months until The Family Way comes out. In a normal year, this is when I’d begin to plan the launch. For Pluto, I went all out. I spent months trying to find the perfect venue. Initially, I […]
A Tale of Two Covers (or Three, Really)
When it looked like The Geography of Pluto was going out-of-print last December, I panicked. Was that it for this little book that I had given so much of my life to? Even though it continued to steadily sell copies […]
Duck, Duck, Goose Village
After writing The Geography of Pluto, there were two projects vying for my attention. One of the voices was for what would become The Family Way. It was louder and more insistent than the other, so it won me over […]
Pluto Playlist
Like many writers, I listen to music when I write. Nothing with (intelligible) lyrics, of course. I wrote most of The Geography of Pluto lost in the fuzz and noise of shoegaze bands like Slowdive and My Bloody Valentine, or […]