Favorite Reads of 2022
I struggled narrowing my list to ten this year—so many great reads! It was the year of researching comparable books in the psychological...
Best Reads of 2021
Need something to read over the holidays? Check out some of my favorites from the year.
Hold My Beer: The Challenges of Writing the Psychopath's POV
My work in progress, about an infant abduction, was inspired by a story I saw one night watching the news. A pregnant woman went missing...
Make Titles Work Harder
A professor of mine once described the importance of a title with an anecdote: imagine you’ve dropped your paper on the ground and a...
Favorite Reads of 2020
(In no particular order) These aren’t necessarily books published in 2020, but rather ones reflecting my interests this year. There’s...
Why We're Not Writing
Recently, a March 25 LA TIMES article raised some eyebrows by claiming writers had nothing but time in social isolation to write, that...
Favorite Reads of 2019
1. The Madwoman Upstairs, Catherine Lowell 2. The Water Cure, Sophie Macintosh 3. Fleishman is in Trouble, Taffy Brodesser-Akner 4....
20 Ways You Can Help the Environment, Save Money, and Live a Healthier, Cleaner Life
If you’re anything like me, you lie awake at night and worry that your children will one day starve or drown to death, because idiot...
12 Habits of My Most Successful Students
This piece was originally published by now-defunct Yellowbrick.me. Parents want what is best for their children, and when it comes to...
Juxtaposition and Comedy in THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL
It is Friday night, and my husband and I are sharing a bottle of wine by the fire, enjoying the rare quiet few hours after our triplet...
