May 29, 2021
Hey friends. It’s a cold and rainy Memorial Day Weekend on the Jersey Shore, so here I am saying hi! Revisions for Italian Bones in the […]
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March 12, 2021
Some of my favorite reads this year so far: Queen by Suzanne Crain Miller Brass by Xhenet Aliu Cattywampus by Ash Van Otterloo Caterpillar Summer by […]
February 17, 2021
The first week of February slapped me silly. Like knocked me down, tickled me until I couldn’t breathe, and even smooshed lots of snow in my […]
January 26, 2021
by Elaina Battista-Parsons Iggie Parsa wanted one thing in life, and that was to have his novel published. All he wanted was to make enough money […]
January 19, 2021
They don’t tell you about the bedroom in Newark… I was there, I swear. In my hospital gown, 2019, in between my Grandma Yola and Aunt […]
December 5, 2020
Window Spray Blue window spray is toxic if inhaled in large amounts. My guess might be that a child inhaling the fumes every Saturday afternoon for […]
November 23, 2020
Greetings friends! I hope this finds everyone safe and healthy. It hasn’t been exactly…easy. I would love to update all of you with my writing pursuits […]
September 7, 2020
What’s new? My debut YA novel is still in full effect in the revision trenches with my editor, Dakota Rayne at Inked in Gray. She’s meticulous, […]
May 23, 2020
We find ourselves having different days that match up with all kinds of things to make us happy. For me, in the early days of quarantine, […]
March 17, 2020
Who likes the beach? Okay, not everyone. Believe me. I went through phases where I had enough sand in between my cracks. On my scalp for days. You […]
March 6, 2020
I am in the exciting months prior to the release of Black Licorice, my debut young adult novel. Black Licorice is about how fifteen-year-old Freddi Birdoni navigates healing, passion, […]
November 25, 2019
2019 was a solid year. I finally read the Harry Potter series. (Severus Snape is one of the best characters ever written anywhere, any time, by […]