I find that when I approach writing as a practice rather than a product, I am at peace.

I don't want to brag but my writing has been called chaotic and exhausting.

Writing and the Creative Life: 14 Artists Break Down the Creative Process: Words of wisdom from filmmakers, poets, architects, sculptors, dancers, musicians, and more. ow.ly/Z6tv50I4GXH #creativity #amwriting

What do you do with "deleted scenes"? Do you save them in a separate folder just in case you might need any of them in the future? #WritingCommunity #amwriting

My finished copies of REFUSE TO BE DONE have arrived! I’m so glad to see my book in its final form, and I’m truly grateful to everyone at Soho Press for making it into such a beautiful object. Out Tuesday! penguinrandomhouse.com/books/688508/r…

Come visit us at table 445! # AWP22

Oh my god! So much process!

I took my 1st writing class at 15 & have been in more than I can count since. One thing they all have in common is no one ever teaches how to edit. Meet draft journal, my favorite #awp22 find: Finished stories beside their 1st drafts. This is Ursula K LeGuin’s School for Wizards.

Marielle Heller!!! Searchlight! Amy Adams! Nightbitch! deadline.com/2022/05/amy-ad…

my little while ago friend and i made a list of all possible novel plots and it has kind of ruined reading for me. enjoy x

We'll be at the Bookfair in Iowa City on April 8 for Mission Creek Festival 2023! All lit events are free & open to the public, but if you want the full festival experience, early bird passes are on sale now at missioncreekfestival.com @missioncreek

A lot of non art people talk about how AI eliminates drudgery and allows us to "focus on being creative" As if they even know what that means. They don't understand that the process is where the creativity happens. It's in all the small choices you make along the way.

To lie next to one another in the woods. Franz Kafka, 1920.

hello, hi! I've assembled a list of 2023 books I'm anticipating from women of color, the year ahead looks about as alarming as usual but hey the books will be splendid 💛 electricliterature.com/62-books-by-wo…

No big deal but I interviewed a LITERARY HERO (and literary crush) of mine, ⁦R. O. Kwon 권오경⁩. She’s just as witty and wise as I could have hoped, and my conversation with her has lived rent free in my head since it ended. Now it’s up for all to read 🥲 worldliteraturetoday.org/2023/january/s…

Offering and receiving poetry are basically acts of love.

Happy new year! What's everyone revising these days? We're ten drafts deep on a long short story over here...

Five minutes of literal non-stop writing, get it all out, no thinking, just words on the page, go go go