Annie is a novelist, blogger, 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), and You Have to Let Them Bleed.
You Have to Let Them Bleed
3/17/2026
The Other
The Outsiders Sequence #2
6/9/2026
The Spare
The Outsiders Sequence #3
3/9/2027
Category Archives: Writing
The Dirty Pun Catcher
I had my poetry critique group this afternoon. We were reading one person’s poem, and one of my suggestions for her was a stronger title that better tied into the content of the poem. So the three of us started … Continue reading
10 Tips for Attending a Writers’ Conference
This weekend I attended the DFW Writers’ Conference. It was my second year, and this time I got some things right (that I learned last year) and some things wrong (that I experimented with this year). So I thought I’d … Continue reading
Fear, Pain, and Writing
I am so honored today to be hosted at Fear of Writing by the lovely Milli Thornton. The post, “Facing My Fear of Writing Through Pain,” is a follow-up to the post “Writing Through Pain” that I wrote last year … Continue reading
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Twitter Tips Part 2: How to Keep Your Followers
If you’ve read Twitter Tips Part 1, you have a good idea of how to get people to follow you back. But what about once you have them? It’s far too easy to push that “unfollow” button. I don’t go through … Continue reading
Twitter Tips Part 1: How to Get Followed Back
A lot of people auto follow-back on Twitter. Others follow everyone who doesn’t look like spam. And you know what? That’s cool. It’s a nice thing to do. But some people think it’s rude not to, and I disagree with … Continue reading
