The Thing I Swore I’d Never Do

There’s one thing I swore to myself I’d never do as a writer: once a book was published, I would not go back and revise it. I would not obsess over its imperfections, and I would not second-guess myself for the life of that book. I’d treat it like a...

The Benefits of Daily Drawing

Over the last few months, I’ve been getting back into a daily drawing practice. There are a lot of reasons for this: one was the simple fact that I missed taking enough time each day to doodle and experiment with drawings. Some days (ok, most days), I feel like...

For the Love of Snail Mail: A New Subscription Box

  I’m kicking off the new year with a new project, born from my love of greeting cards and my geeky fondness for postage stamps. (I collected stamps as a kid, and was legit ELATED to unearth a sheet of 29-cent Elvis stamps in my grandmother’s house...

Try Again, Fail Better

Last month, I had this itch to make some ornaments. I’d seen some that were made with wood slices and loved the way they looked. It looked like fun, a new challenge, and something that would ease me back into painting. (Full disclosure: I have two wood panels in...