Videos

Meet Alda P. Dobbs! I feel lucky to have some pretty cool writing friends, and Alda P. Dobbs is chief among them. Learn about the awesome way we met, what inspired her to write her break-out hit [...]

I have been grappling with with what I could do about the situation at the border, beyond calling and donating and crying. I’ve been trying to turn my sadness and frustration into action. That’s [...]

About my first time. Yep, I made a video.

Hi, loves! I’m experimenting with a new video-producing app called Splice. What better material than my super-fun zip lining pictures and video? I still have to figure out music for the [...]

I came home the other night to a wonderful gift in my mailbox… Running Press’ Spring 2014 catalog with The Secret Side of Empty in the “front list.”  Awesome!   Plus, [...]

Here is some ridiculous video of me running into a wall, all in the spirit of avoiding my dreaded final edit. Okay, okay, and also enjoying my son’s birthday party.  Check me out sporting a [...]

Answering reader questions.  

The irises are just about ready to bloom:  

The purple and yellow bearded iris garden, including Aggressively Forward, right before blooming.  

I’ve been meaning to start a video component to this blog for a while now.  Finally, here it is.  Most of my videos will have to do with topics in my book, but today I felt like introducing [...]