Driving over that bridge after eight hours of travel today was unbelievable—one moment, you’re shrouded in nothing but trees and stars, and the next, the lights of the huge city sprawl before you and glitter in the surrounding water. The city is a...
It’s late night of moving day, and my mom and I are at a hotel in Lincoln, Nebraska. We just spent about eight hours on the road listening to my awesome road trip playlist, reading poetry, and just generally being us. Tomorrow, we’ll drive to Chicago, where we’ll...
I entered my novel into the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest yesterday, which is weird. Because now it’s out of my hands. Pretty much every day I freak out and think, I’ve got to get it done! And then I realize it is done. As done as it can be at...
