Last month at Orycon, I had the privilege of sitting on a panel about increasing writing output. My fellow panelists included Tina Connolly, Caroline M. Yoachim, Tori Centanni, and our moderator, Dale Ivan Smith. The discussion was excellent! We had great questions from the attendees and a helpful exchange of…

I’ve had some more thoughts about the Green Bay Packers since watching their game against the Chicago Bears this past Sunday. …

I am a Green Bay Packers fan. I didn’t grow up watching much football, and I definitely wasn’t a player. And I’ve never been to Wisconsin. What happened is this: Several years ago, I had a dream that — as a fortyish, short, nonathletic woman — I managed to walk…

I’m coming to the end of my second year using a Bullet Journal — a customized, analog, notebook-based system for tracking my tasks, my schedule, and so much more. And it was this post on Lifehacker that reminded me that I still hadn’t written anything about my Bullet Journal experience. …

My feet were cramping, and my stomach was in knots. I clung to the hand-holds and felt the rough rock under my fingers as I craned my neck upward. It was five, maybe six climbing moves to the summit, but I knew I was done. I’d always wanted to try…

There I was in a van, one of ten journalists being driven deeper and deeper into the woods by a man we’d met at our hotel only hours before. The van stopped when we reached a fence. The driver turned off the engine and took the keys as he got…