
Annie is a novelist, nationally award-winning poet, and two-time Bram Stoker Award-nominated short story author. She’s the author of The Extra, The Other, and The Spare (The Outsiders Sequence, a series of novellas), You Have to Let Them Bleed (collection), and Once the Darkness Comes (forthcoming novel).
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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