7.15.25

As of this morning, I’m officially on submission to publishers with STILL LIFE WITH DANDELIONS! It feels completely surreal. Huge thanks to my agent, Kim Witherspoon, and her assistant, Naomi Eisenbeiss, for their interest and faith in my work. Sawyer, Tristan and Arden are now out in the world … good luck, girls, I’m counting on you!

Check out my new editor’s guide to STILL LIFE on my Instagram page.

6.26.25

I’m so honored to be one of two recipients of the 2025 Sarah McCoy Grant through the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance! You can read more here.

5.31.25

Earlier this week, I turned in line edits for the remainder of STILL LIFE WITH DANDELIONS + some additional developmental edits. I’m so excited by the ways I’ve been able to shore up the story even more with guidance from my agent, Kim, and her assistant, Naomi. I’m really pleased with the updates and I’m excited for what’s next! Just waiting for my agent to reread, then we might have a few more tweaks … or we might be going out on submission to publishers! Stay tuned!

3.25.25

Today I turned in developmental edits for all of STILL LIFE WITH DANDELIONS, plus line edits for the first 150 pages, to my agent. I’m really proud of the changes I made over the past several weeks to make SLWD the best it can be. It was a ton of work, but also incredibly satisfying, and I really love how it turned out. If my agent agrees (fingers crossed), then it’s just line edits on the rest before we go out on submission to publishers. It doesn’t feel real! Thanks to everyone who’s been offering encouragement over on Instagram!

2.12.25

I had the immense pleasure of sitting down with Simone Kovacs—my friend, critique partner, and co-founder of the amazing writing app Motif—to discuss my journey to getting agented. We had a blast! Check out the full video in all of its wacky splendor here. And if you want a 30-day free trial of Motif Pro, check out my referral link!

2.4.25

I’m a loooooong way off from needing a photo for the back cover of a book, but I told myself that if I got an agent, I would treat myself to some formal headshots. Marina Simanava was kind enough to come out to Books & Books to take them for me today! They turned out so fantastic — it was difficult to narrow down the 700+ (!!!) photos to 20 for editing. Can’t wait to see the finished images! In the meantime, above is a raw outtake of me and my crazy Chihuahua, Brida … She’s not a fan of strangers or cameras. ;)

1.30.25

Hey, turns out QueryTracker notices when you hit that “Offer of Rep” button and the purple sunglasses guy appears! They reached out to me for an interview to add to their success story section. Check it out here!

1.29.25

I’m thrilled to announce that I’m now represented by Kimberly Witherspoon of InkWell Management. I’m excited to work with Kim and the entire InkWell team as we prep STILL LIFE WITH DANDELIONS for submission to publishers! Check out all of the post-signing revelry on my Instagram account.