Articles
I occasionally contribute writing or articles to other websites and blogs. Below is a list of articles I’ve penned elsewhere on the internet.
Quiet On The Set: A Book Crew
WeBook, March 2010
It takes a village to publish a book.
Experiential Reading
Publishr, May 2010
The different reading experiences of different publishing formats: ebooks, hardcovers, and paperbacks.
The Power and Persistence of Labels
Gay YA, June 2011
Claiming an identity for yourself, with all its attendant complications.
Dear Teen Me
Two writers, E. Kristin Anderson and Miranda Kenneally started this project wherein writers pen letters to their teenage selves. The letters run the gamut from poignant, heartbreaking, and hilarious. I offered to write a few myself. I actually had a pretty well-adjusted adolescence, but my letters always seem to turn out angsty, contrary to what I intend to write.
Crushable: Lessons From The Other Side of 21
Funnily enough, my Dear Teen Me letters prompted Lilit Marcus, the editor of Crushable, to contact me and ask if I were interested in writing a weekly column about things I wish I had known when I was younger. I thought it would be fun (but ask me a few months into this project) and agreed. The title comes from my Dear Teen Me letter and the column goes up every Friday at Crushable.
