I scheduled this blog post well in advance, because I’m saving up all my creative energy for Y’All Write this month! If you ever heard about NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month, a writing challenge where you create a novel in 30 days), Y’All Write is basically the same thing. Only it takes place during aContinue reading “Y’All Write 2026”
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A conversation with Donna Birdwell
Last October, I hosted an interview with Donna Birdwell, a fellow writer and critique group partner, at Austin’s Reverie Books. We talked about her latest novel, The Disenchantment of Narcissa Tarver, as well as dehumanization, data analysis, and the illegal actions she took in the name of research. We also read the first chapter ofContinue reading “A conversation with Donna Birdwell”