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Win a paperback!

In order to celebrate my hardcover of Love Stories, I’m giving away a signed paperback! (Click the image, alas, it borks my layout otherwise…) NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Sponsor: Katherine Villyard Eligibility: Sorry, US only, Postage. You know. Also, you must...

Year In Review

My novel started the year at 65,000 words (draft 1.5), increased to 120,000 words (draft 2) to address developmental concerns, and decreased to the current 96,000 words. I feel like it’s structurally there and am just looking for things like how many times...

Music History Novel Research

Felix Mendelssohn. Know him? He wrote Elijah, among other things. Like this: He also has the dubious honor of being singled out as proof that Jews are incapable of true music in Wagner’s antisemitic essay on the topic. Fuck Wagner! Mendelssohn’s...

Yet Another Novel Update

Hilariously, there is a part of my author brain that insists that my book is AMAZEBALLS and will be deeply beloved by anyone who reads it. It is clearly untrue that my book is for everyone and this is okay. (So far, my book seems to be for people over 30 who love cats...

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