The air had a bite to it, a slapping sting to her fevered skin, as they exited the crowded jazz club into the misty night.
Big City – Short Fiction
Category: Writing
Treat your craft (writing, art, etc) like a priority
The biggest obstacle in a creative person’s life is how they view their art. Do you see it as a priority, or is it merely a hobby? If you’d like to find ways to add more creativity to your life in 2020, read this.
No, Crissi, you can’t do all the things
Everyone has limits. Here are mine.
All the NaNoWriMo words
Here's a peek at my NaNoWriMo word count stats, and how I made a phobia-ridden turtle trainer get on a plane for a scavenger hunt in Fiji.
Answering the hard questions about life as a writer
There are the usual questions readers ask authors. But what about the hard ones? I answer those questions here.
6 books that will help you prep for NaNoWriMo
To get you ready for National Novel Writing Month, here are my favorite books on writing and creativity.
Too busy to write? Or just procrastinating?
Instead of treating my writing as a priority, I treated it like a hobby, placing it much lower than everything else just because it was something I wanted to do vs. something I had to do.
Letter from my 8-year-old self
In my journey through the Artist’s Way, this week’s assignment was to mentally time travel to when I was 8, and remember what life was like for me back then. So here’s what I remember.
Flash Fiction: The Anchor
Everything goes dark as the car submerges completely, and my breath comes in short gasps. It’s all I can hear above the rushing river and the metal against glass as I continue my attempts at escape.
Author Takeover Day at Stewart Book Reviews Book Club
From now until 3 p.m. PST, I'm taking over Stewart Book Reviews Book Club. There, I'm sharing a bit about me, my writing process, my books, and doing GIVEAWAYS of my newest book, Numbered, along with my other books.
