Annie is a novelist, blogger, nationally award-winning poet, and two-time Bram Stoker Award-nominated short story author.
Category Archives: My Process
Strange Needs, An Honor to Be Nominated, and the Meaning of Retreat
It’s been a little while since I’ve checked in here, because sometimes life grabs your planner and runs away giggling. That and, as I’m sure some of my old regulars know, writing for LitReactor about twice a month and Writer … Continue reading
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The Nine-Year Novel
I’ve just finished drafting a novel that’s been nine years in the making. Man, that felt good to type. Nine and a half years ago, shortly after graduating from college, I had a realization that felt so profound it knocked … Continue reading
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A Writing Retreat in Approximately 22,000 Words (Plus Captions)
I’m unusually lucky in that I have several in-real-life writing friends (a whole bushel, actually) that I treasure. *Fist-bumps Febe Moss and waves to the North Branch crew.* Online writing friends are fabulous, and IRL non-writing friends are super important … Continue reading
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Revisions: a Diagram
It’s a little surprising for me to be able to tell you that I’m about 80% through with this round of revisions on my WIP. I’m hoping to finish this draft on Friday and send it to my beta readers … Continue reading
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Asking for What we Need
Originally posted on March 28, 2011 at 3:35 PM There’s a certain lesson that I keep relearning in every facet of my life over and over again since I was born. It’s very simple, yet I never seem to remember … Continue reading