Annie is a novelist, blogger, nationally award-winning poet, and two-time Bram Stoker Award-nominated short story author. Her debut novella, The Extra, releases 9/9/25, and her debut collection, You Have to Let Them Bleed, is set for 2/17/26. Also forthcoming: The Other (2026) and The Spare (2027).
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Category Archives: Writing
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
The Air in Our Apartment
I was thinking the other day about my journey as a writer. Something about starting my fourth novel has got me feeling nostalgic, as you might have guessed from my school bus post. I think it’s that I’ve suddenly realized … Continue reading
The Adventures of Squirmy
I thought you guys might like a laugh to get your week started. Here’s a poem of mine that won the National Federation of State Poetry Societies sonnet contest in 2010. It was first published in their prize anthology Encore. … Continue reading
