In My Ample Free Time

by | Mar 6, 2019 | Personal

I never really thought of myself as an academic. I mean, I was on the 20-year plan for my Bachelors degree. As much as I love learning and studying and researching, it never occurred to me that more school might be in my future. But on my birthday this year I learned...

DiversifYA and Universal Ethics

by | Feb 22, 2014 | Personal

Diversity in young adult lit is getting a lot of attention lately, and I’m happy to see it. The typical English literature canon author is an old, white guy, and things haven’t changed that much. Yeah, you might see a white woman or a black guy taught in a...

Laurel Hill Cemetery: Run for the Hills

by | Oct 13, 2013 | Personal

You can’t be a horror writer or writer of supernatural things without digging graveyards. We write about dead people or dead things, so the places where those people and things are buried have an attraction in one way or another. I like them for a lot of...