Archive - A Tiny Flashlight in the Dark

Flashlight #18: Thresholds & Baby Got (paper)Back!

Contemplating the doorways we cross, courtesy of a journal from 8th grade. Also, today The Red Grove is out in paperback!

May 6 •

March 2025

Flashlight #17: After the Flood

Finding words after a long break; finding new ground after deep, shifting waters.

Mar 7 •

August 2024

Flashlight #16: A New Approach to Book Drafting

Apple pickin', Fall Writing Camp, a new-to-me approach to drafting a novel, and the impending meeting between me and my literary hero, help, what should…

Aug 30, 2024 •

July 2024

Flashlight # 15: Redwood cake, mystery squash, ants in your pants.

Book touring like a pro and some hot tips for your new favorite reads.

Jul 16, 2024 •

May 2024

Flashlight #14: The Red Grove is out today!

People Magazine and Death Pacts and Amazon Book of the Month and also, what does one do on the day one's book comes out, and also also, are you still…

May 14, 2024 •

Flashlight #13: How an Accountability Partner Saved my Writing Life

Less than two weeks until The Red Grove is published! Squee! But today, the bigger picture: how to build a sustained, long-term relationship to writing…

May 1, 2024 •

April 2024

Flashlight #12: The Red Grove is out in one month!

Touring schedule, nice words about the book, and a few ridiculous photographs.

Apr 16, 2024 •

March 2024

Flashlight #11: The Mystery of the Pregnant Stingray

Our local mystery: the pregnant stingray who hasn't shared a tank with a male stingray in eight years, plus house snakes, house bats, a 2-year-old's…

Mar 22, 2024 •

December 2023

Flashlight #10: Crafty Little Thing

‘Tis the season for an admission: in my heart of hearts, I am a crafter.

Dec 22, 2023 •

November 2023

Flashlight #9: Home again, home again

Back to the US of A just in time to change zombie baby diapers.

Nov 8, 2023 •

October 2023

Flashlight # 8: Portugal Fancy

Greetings from Lisbon, good people!

Oct 2, 2023 •

August 2023

Flashlight #7: Adventureland

Heyooooo, pals!

Aug 10, 2023 •

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