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So much to balance about life during the summer we are 15

The Summer We Are 15

Flash growth and learning to survive. A version of this essay was originally published at Medium.com and then with The Good Men Project “Modern Identities” imprint I was 15 in 1973. It was the year my parents began their divorce. It […]

My Story “Like They’re Waiting” Gets Published

Girl looking in a mirror

Writing in a Girl’s Voice

Never tell a character in your head to get lost A slightly different form of this essay was published in Medium.com One morning nearly ten years ago, a voice showed up in my head as I was walking up the stairs […]

On Tour with My Book

I am grateful as heck to all the people who have been enjoying Old Music for New People, and to the team at The Story Plant working hard to get folks to pay attention to this story that wants to […]

Old Music for New People

What Does Gender Mean, Anyway?

I’m happy to say that my new novel Old Music for New People comes out early next week (click here to go to its main landing page). As anyone who loves teens knows, stories about young people coming of age […]

Ivy and Rita waiting for the sunrise

Old Music for New People: Coming Soon

Maybe Everything Depends on the Wedding

What the writer leaves out is the fact that not only do the lovers travel into the sun (such a beautiful and straightforward metaphor for the future) but the rest of the world rides off with them as well.

After My Book Deal: Life Changing or Same Old Struggle?

Those Who Wake Up in Love

Love seems to be growing rarer and rarer in this world, doesn’t matter which kind I’m talking about. There’s vitriol and hostility everywhere — on all sides. I get it, I suppose. Love in every form requires vulnerability and courage. […]