Essays and guest posts I’ve written for other publications — on writing, publishing, faith, and whatever else wandered onto the page. Click a title to read the piece where it was published.
I could describe my ideal reader in one sentence — eight years old, transgender, wondering if God had noticed them. I thought that meant I understood my market. I was wrong. A guest post on what actually stands between a book and the child it was written for.
Read it on Jane Friedman’s site →Ministry is a front-row seat to human complexity — and that turns out to be excellent preparation for writing mysteries. A guest post on how two decades in the church shaped Sister Agatha, Reverend Miranda McCurdy, and the art of the clergy sleuth who solves crimes through pastoral instinct rather than forensic expertise.
Read it on Career Authors →