Consider yourself warned: I have officially joined the modern world at last. That’s right. I have an e-reader. Here’s a photo of me using my new Nook. This picture also proves that cats don’t care whether you’re reading a regular book or holding a little screen, so long as you make the with body heat [...]

Yes, the rumors are true. I have an article out in Cat Fancy magazine. Let’s all take a moment to savor that statement, shall we? In bookstores and pet stores across this fair nation, you can find my article, “Your Cat As Your Coworker” (or “Kitty Coworkers”) on page 28 of the September 2012 issue [...]

My college graduation experience wasn’t exactly a typical one. I woke up knowing that one of two things could happen: I could either walk away with a significant amount of money, or I’d leave hugely disappointed. Washington College awards the Sophie Kerr Prize each year to the graduating senior “who has the best ability and [...]

I recently browsed through the search terms people used to find my site. The results were, to put it mildly, a little surprising. Many of the searches were bizarre, others made a strange kind of sense, and others were downright disturbing. Some, from “I just love my sassy short haircut!” to “I want someone to [...]

I’m not one for resolutions or outlining all my goals for 2011. (What are my goals, anyway? Just to keep writing and revising as I have been, I suppose.) I can say that 2010 has been a good year. It was the year I finally stepped up and started sending out my stories after a [...]