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
To name is to acknowledge existence.
Originally posted on March 13, 2010 at 3:47 AM My main character is becoming real. The word “creative” has two kin: create and creator. We don’t always associate these with each other, but the fact is, my creativity means I … Continue reading
It’s all about the bundance.
Originally posted on February 18, 2010 at 10:10 PM Some days, I wonder what on earth I think I’m doing. Things you need for this business: • talent • determination • confidence • a thick skin • patience Where I’m … Continue reading
Searching for Pineapples
Originally posted on February 10, 2010 at 2:41 PM As my regulars know, I’m in the tedious process of extending the word count of my novel, St. George’s Eve. Adding words, phrases, and sentences here and there on every page … Continue reading
A Room of One’s Own
Originally posted on November 19, 2009 at 5:48 PM Virginia Woolf wrote a famous essay called “A Room of One’s Own,” in which she argues that women can be as exceptional as men in the writing of fiction if the … Continue reading
Being Seduced
Originally posted on November 9, 2009 at 2:26 PM Like the last blog, sometimes I have to go all out to lure the muse out of her hiding places. But sometimes, she approaches me with the sort of intolerant determinedness … Continue reading
