On September 17, 2022, over two years after the publication of my first book, due to the pandemic, I attended my first in-person author event …
Girls Weekend/First In-Person Book Event Recap
Personal
Conversations with my Sixteen-Year-Old Self
Dear Justine, I’ve quite literally been where you are. I know how your life looks difficult as hell and I know you can see the …
Publication Announcement: Organized Chaos
Hi all, I am very pleased to announce the publication of my essay, “Organized Chaos.” This one is extremely close to my heart and was …
Body Positivity and My Shaky Foundation
I’ve discussed this before in an earlier blog post about my self-image, but I’ve always thought I’d spent my entire life overweight. I’m not really …
A Personal Look Back on 2020: The Year of Change
As we strike out on the journey that is 2021, my thirty-eighth birthday only having recently passed, I find myself at the usual New Year …
Self-Perception
To many who meet me, I probably come off as stupidly self-confident. Wait…stop. Only if you’ve met me after 2012 or so. Anyone who met …
March/April Updates!
Oh boy, what a year the last two months have been. I don’t think I need to tell anybody what I’m talking about here. For …
The End of a Decade (And What the Hell Happened to PeWriMoMo)
Hi everyone! It seems I have dropped the ball here lately, and I’m sorry–but it’s all for exciting reasons. I received my developmental edits for …
Songs That Lift My Mood
My son and I both suffer from clinical depression. After years of dealing with strange misconceptions about the illness, I’ve begun to fancy myself a …
Full Circle
I’ve been very secretive about some things going on in my life, but they have had a profound effect on me, so it felt like …